Tag Archives: Education
Federal budget offers glimmer of hope for Calgary's beleaguered Olympic Oval
CALGARY - The fastest ice in the world that's on borrowed time may have a lifeline. Calgary's Olympic Oval, a legacy of the 1988 Winter Games in the city, will soon lose its ability to make ice becaus...
Nov 21, 2025
Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
TORONTO - Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside ...
Nov 18, 2025
Post-secondary schools brace for more pain as Ottawa cuts international student visas
OTTAWA - As provincial governments wait to hear details of Ottawa's new immigration targets, some are warning that coming cuts to the number of international student visas will put colleges and univer...
Nov 16, 2025
Post-secondary schools brace for more pain as Ottawa cuts international student visas
OTTAWA - As provincial governments wait to hear details of Ottawa's new immigration targets, some are warning that coming cuts to the number of international student visas will put colleges and univer...
Nov 16, 2025
College football coach John Beam from ‘Last Chance U’ has died after being shot, Oakland police say
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Laney College football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series "Last Chance U", has died after being shot on campus, the Oakland Police Department said Friday, a...
Nov 14, 2025
Smith defends back-to-work law, says decision is the democratic job of lawmakers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her government's move to quickly pass back-to-work legislation invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause, saying democracy is when elected officials mak...
Nov 07, 2025
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations ...
Nov 07, 2025
Concordia defers sabbaticals, offers retirement program due to foreign student drop
MONTREAL - Montreal's Concordia University says it's not renewing some teaching contracts and deferring previously approved sabbaticals because of major budget shortfalls due in part to federal and pr...
Nov 07, 2025
B.C. couple who ran bogus anti-tax school lose CRA assessment appeal
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don't have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue fr...
Nov 06, 2025
Parliamentary committee revises order to share federal grant applicant data
A parliamentary committee has amended a controversial order that seeks 25 years' worth of data on researchers who applied for health and science grants. The Standing Committee on Health and Research h...
Nov 06, 2025