Tag Archives: Education
Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Oct 30, 2025
Kamloops-Thompson School District eyes upcoming capacity crunch at secondary schools
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops' first new school in more than 20 years is still on budget and on schedule to be completed in the spring ahead of the new school year. Snine will help alleviate the deluge of eleme...
Oct 29, 2025
Alberta students back in class after teachers strike, threatened mass walkout fizzles
EDMONTON - Alberta's provincewide teachers strike formally ended Wednesday as 740,000 students went back to classes and a threat from union leaders to launch a general strike fizzled. From one end of ...
Oct 29, 2025
Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
MONTREAL - Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies announced Tuesday during a Ca...
Oct 28, 2025
What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the ...
Oct 28, 2025
Alberta teachers won't engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead t...
Oct 28, 2025
Westmount students to be sent to three schools; classes to remain closed Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - Students at Westmount Elementary School will be out of class for one more day as the Kamloops-Thompson School District (SD73) finalizes its transition and relocation plan. The roughly 250 s...
Oct 27, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025
Westmount Elementary to remain closed until further notice after suspicious overnight fire
KAMLOOPS - Students and staff at Westmount Elementary in Kamloops will be out of class on Monday (Oct. 27) after a suspicious fire at the school that police say was likely set on purpose. The Kamloops...
Oct 26, 2025
University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking ...
Oct 22, 2025
