Category Archives: Education
Nova Scotia delays school reopening to Jan. 17, eases isolation rules
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is keeping schools closed an additional week and reducing isolation requirements for fully vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Schools will stay shut until Jan. 17, though online learning will start next Monday, Prem...
Pandemic sidelines police, fire and teachers in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dramatic surge in coronavirus cases has sidelined more than 800 Los Angeles city police and fire personnel and led to slightly longer ambulance and fire response times, adding to concerning absences statewide of public safety
Saskatchewan monitoring COVID-19 measures needed to keep essential workers healthy
REGINA — Saskatchewan is looking to other provinces to see what measures are successful in keeping front-line and essential staff working as COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant surge. The province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shah...
Alaska school in race with climate change for new building
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A school that is in danger of being lost to erosion because of climate change is at the top of the state’s list for the construction of a new school building.
Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister
Federal officials are adding more COVID-19 rapid tests to Canada's arsenal as surging infections from the Omicron variant push some public sectors to the brink. Health care is facing serious pressures around the country because front-line staff are una...
Bills open window for Anderson victims to sue U of Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills that the Legislature will consider.
Alberta announces 30,000-plus active COVID-19 cases; hospitalizations still rising
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a surging wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the Omicron variant has grown to more than 30,000 active cases with 436 people in hospital with the infection. That's an increase of more than 10,000 cases
N.S. teachers union calls for online learning amid provincewide COVID-19 outbreak
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is calling for temporary online learning as the province deals with its largest COVID-19 outbreak to date. Students in the province are scheduled to return to class on Jan. 10 after an extended holiday
Manitoba delays return to classrooms by another week due to high COVID-19 numbers
WINNIPEG — Manitoba students will be out of class for an additional week while schools prepare more measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government announced Tuesday. The province had already pushed back the post-holiday return to Ja...
‘It’s really disappointing’: Parents, teachers brace for virtual learning in Ontario
TORONTO — Students, parents and teachers in Ontario are bracing for another stint of virtual education after the province announced Monday that schools would not reopen to in-person classes for at least two weeks due to the recent surge in
