Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the changes are meant to standardize policies across school divisions and came in response to complaints from parents. Province also banning outside groups from giving sex-ed presentations in schools Saskatchewan is bringing in new policies around sex education and pronoun use in the province's schools. …
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Police say ‘many’ taken to hospital after explosion, fire in downtown Prince George
At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in downtown Prince George, B.C., early Tuesday. 3 injured, 1 of them seriously, health authority says; area of downtown blocked off At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in …
Read More »Prince George explosion victim in critical care. RCMP say cause appears suspicious
At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in downtown Prince George, B.C., early Tuesday. 3 injured, 1 of them seriously, health authority says; area of downtown blocked off At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in …
Read More »After years of sinking enrolment, N.S. suddenly faces a new problem: Too many students
As Nova Scotia's population surges, a public education system that was once closing schools due to declining enrolment is now seeing some classrooms at capacity. Teachers are grappling with an influx of diverse students, many of whom don't speak much English. Halifax regional centre has added 8,000 students in the …
Read More »International students say they want to study in Canada, but staying is a problem if they can’t find housing
Advocates for those who come to Canada to study say more needs to be done at all levels of government to not only build more student housing, but to examine the incentives post-secondary institutions have to bring students to Canada in the first place. Ottawa says it's talking to provinces, …
Read More »Province didn’t do analysis of corrections system before deciding to build Fredericton-area jail, records show
In 40 pages of records turned over by the Department of Justice and Public Safety after an eight-month access-to-information battle, there’s no report assessing the business case for building a new Fredericton-region jail, including how much it might cost to operate, or any assessment of how much space the correctional …
Read More »Can the Trudeau government revive its old ‘middle class’ message?
The Trudeau government’s re-election hopes may depend to a large extent on whether they can recapture the promise of economic security implicit in the “middle class” message that brought the Liberals to power in 2015. Liberal cabinet meeting in P.E.I. to discuss housing, the economy and the plight of millennials …
Read More »Why the smell of vinegar shut down a Toronto library’s historical newspaper archive
The Toronto Reference Library is working to save rare pieces of its historic newspaper collection from 'vinegar syndrome' — a destructive and contagious chemical decay process that means the clock is ticking for anyone trying to preserve history stored on acetate film. Acetate-based film used from 1950s to 1990s decays …
Read More »Critical firefighting equipment taken from B.C. wildfire area, official says
Equipment has been taken in Scotch Creek, Celista, Magna Bay and Lee Creek, says wildfire official. B.C. Wildfire Service says hoses, sprinklers, pumps, and even an ATV have gone missing Various firefighting gear protecting structures from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire in B.C.'s Shuswap region has been repeatedly moved …
Read More »With thousands of N.W.T. evacuees in Alberta, local experts fear impact of toxic drug crisis
Doctors and advocates are distributing information for N.W.T. wildfire evacuees, telling them where to access opioid agonist therapies in Alberta. Amid the toxic drug crisis, they fear stigma and a lack of information could increase drug poisonings and deaths. Advocates have created resources to help recovering drug users arriving in …
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