Tag Archives: Education
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
Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
Oct 16, 2025
'Are they being fed?' Thousands of students lose school meals during teachers strike
EDMONTON - Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eight...
Oct 16, 2025
Talks stall between Alberta teachers, government in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says there's still a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend, while teachers ...
Oct 15, 2025
