Tag Archives: Education
Captain Kirk would be 'appalled' at state of Earth's decline, William Shatner says
Captain James T. Kirk would be appalled at the rapid acceleration of climate change on Earth, says William Shatner, the Montreal-born actor who played the head of the USS Enterprise in the "Star Trek"...
Jun 29, 2025
Prayer rooms, student groups causing tension in Quebec colleges, new report says
MONTREAL - Prayer rooms, political student groups and controversial course content are fuelling a climate of tension and mistrust at two of Quebec's junior colleges, according to a new government repo...
Jun 27, 2025
'Heat dome' over Ontario and Quebec causing wild weather across much of Canada
TORONTO - Blame the heat dome hanging over Ontario and Quebec for some of the strange weather hitting other parts of the country. Environment Canada meteorologist Julien Pellerin says scorching temper...
Jun 22, 2025
Decades after Air India 182 bombing, families fear memories of tragedy are fading
Rob Alexander's father wasn't supposed to be on Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985. "My mother had actually booked him on an Air France flight to go see his mother in India," recalled Alexander, wh...
Jun 19, 2025
Montreal invests $100K to lure research talent seeking to escape United States
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is investing $100,000 to lure scientists and researchers who want to leave the United States. In a news release, Mayor Valrie Plante says the "current situation" in the...
Jun 17, 2025
Amid upheaval abroad, universities urge Ottawa, Quebec to invest in attracting talent
MONTREAL - Four major Quebec universities are proposing initiatives to make the province a landing spot for high-level researchers and urged the federal and provincial government to step up at a uniqu...
Jun 14, 2025
'It's absolutely incredible:' Dover Bay students lead impactful cancer-fighting campaign
NANAIMO - What started out as a relatively small Nanaimo-based Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) fundraiser has swelled into so much more. North Nanaimo's Dover Bay Secondary School is a hub of activity a...
Jun 13, 2025
Quebec government vows to maintain out-of-province tuition hike
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising to maintain a university tuition hike for out-of-province students despite a court ruling that found the existing policy is not justified. "We are stickin...
Jun 10, 2025
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 09, 2025
'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal
MONTREAL - When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his war-torn home of Syria, he landed in a snow-covered world that spoke French, a language in which he did not understan...
Jun 07, 2025