Education

Local teachers given option to work from home, province releases education guidelines

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Teachers in a pair of local school divisions are being given the option to work from home as the first week of no classes winds up in Medicine Hat.Earlier this week, the Alberta gov...

Mar 20, 2020 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider

SAIT moving online

In response to concerns over COVID-19, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology has decided to suspend classes until Thursday, March 19th.In a statement issued by the academic vice president, Brad...

Mar 15, 2020

University of Alberta faces huge job loss

The University Of Alberta will be losing more than 1,000 jobs due to funding cuts.President of the university, David Turpin, made the announcement yesterday saying that 400 positions had already been ...

Mar 14, 2020

Teachers preparing for contract talks, worried about cuts: ATA President

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - The President of the Alberta Teachers Association says teachers are very concerned about potential cuts to education after the new provincial budget.Jason Schilling says the 2019 ...

Mar 09, 2020 Photo by Shane Clausing

Red Deer school officials say Bill 5 adds "new layer of bureaucracy"

RED DEER, AB - Red Deer school district officials are weighing in on the province's plan to have districts get ministerial approval before spending reserve funds.The idea is part of Bill 5, the Fiscal...

Mar 06, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

School divisions say Bill 5 puts their local autonomy at risk

Local school district officials are weighing in on the province's plan to have districts get ministerial approval before spending reserve funds. The idea is part of Bill 5, the Fiscal Measures and Tax...

Mar 04, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Medicine Hat College facing $540,000 in cuts

MEDICINE HAT - Medicine Hat College is one of many post secondary institutions around the province that are feeling the pinch of the provincial cut to education.The cuts made by the United Conservativ...

Mar 02, 2020 Medicine Hat College

Students showcase science projects

MEDICINE HAT, AB --- The hallways at the Centre for Academic and Personal Excellence (CAPE) school were full of excitement today as it was finally time for this year's science fair presentations to ge...

Feb 29, 2020

Budget 2020 - Advanced Education

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Advanced education funding went over budget in 2019 by more than $350 million with the province looking for post-secondary institutes to trim nearly that same amount in Budget 2020....

Feb 27, 2020

Reaction to province’s panel report on curriculum review

Red Deer, AB - Education stakeholders are weighing in following this week's release of a new report from the province's curriculum review panel.Released on Wednesday, the report is part of a review or...

Feb 01, 2020 (CHAT News file photo)