Tag Archives: Education
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
Artificial intelligence threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience. Silver, who graduat...
Oct 19, 2025
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West credits community pressure for school reconstruction
VICTORIA - Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government's decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almos...
Oct 18, 2025
Selkirk College to close one of its campuses in Nelson at end of academic year
VICTORIA - A college in southeastern B.C. is permanently closing a campus because of the financial effects of federal restrictions on international students. Selkirk College says it will close one of ...
Oct 18, 2025
Alberta teachers reject government request to end strike and enter mediation
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she's disappointed the union representing teachers turned down a government request to end a provincewide strike and to go through enhanced mediat...
Oct 17, 2025
