Tag Archives: Education
Indigenous Peoples grapple with claims downplaying the history of residential schools
OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...
Oct 04, 2025
Indigenous Peoples grapple with claims downplaying the history of residential schools
OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...
Oct 04, 2025
N.L. has the country's highest per-capita debt. It's all but hidden in the election.
ST. JOHN'S - Business and taxpayer organizations are calling on party leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador to stop making costly election promises, as the province carries the country's highest per-ca...
Oct 03, 2025
RCMP to scale back presence at Nanaimo, B.C., schools targeted by unspecified threat
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they will be scaling back their presence at two schools targeted by an unspecified threat earlier this week. RCMP say in a statement that members of the departme...
Oct 02, 2025
B.C. Residential school survivor says he heals from sharing his stories
VANCOUVER - Squamish Nation elder Sam George says he gets his healing from the violence and abuse he suffered during nine years of residential school by sharing his stories. The crowd dressed in orang...
Sep 30, 2025
About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people: poll
OTTAWA - As people across the country gather for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided about whether the country belongs primarily to Indigenous Peop...
Sep 30, 2025
Concordia University celebrates 'landmark' fundraising year amid financial challenges
MONTREAL - The president of Montreal's Concordia University says the success of the school's most ambitious funding campaign ever is a heartening "statement of faith" that comes at a difficult time fo...
Sep 26, 2025
SD68 students step up in honour of Terry Fox
NANAIMO - Students punched beyond their weight class to draw attention to the legacy of Canadian Legend Terry Fox. Marking the 45th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope, all 38 schools within Nanaimo L...
Sep 25, 2025
Offer for Alberta teachers includes same pay with COVID shots, voting starts Saturday
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...
Sep 24, 2025
Navy still struggling to fill recruitment gaps throughout the service: vice-admiral
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says the Royal Canadian Navy is "not out of the woods" yet on its recruitment crisis and the next four to five years are going to be "really hard." It's been two ye...
Sep 21, 2025