Education

Alberta panel suggests schools 'balance' lessons about climate change, oilsands

CALGARY - Alberta's education minister is endorsing a panel report that recommends school children learn all views about climate change along with the value of the province's oil and gas sector. Adria...

Olivia Thorington Jan 29, 2020

Lethbridge Police investigate source of bomb threat believed to be a hoax

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Thousands of students and staff were evacuated from the Lethbridge College campus just before 1:00 pm on Tuesday, January 28.Inspector Jason Dobirstein with Lethbridge Police Service ...

Jan 28, 2020 Lethbridge Police Inspector Jason Dobirstein

Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA holds her first townhall

Medicine Hat, AB - Rookie Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo held her first townhall Monday night, fielding a smorgasbord of questions on topics from education and health to government travel exp...

Jan 21, 2020

Advanced Ed. minister to make announcement on "transformational changes" in post-secondary schools

Medicine Hat, AB - Alberta's minister responsible for post-secondary education in the province will be making an announcement Monday on changes to get more value for taxpayers from colleges and univer...

Jan 19, 2020 Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides meets with board members and staff at MHC in September 2019. (Photo by Colton McKee)

Cold weather means no school for some in Prairie Rose Division this morning

DUNMORE, AB.- Some students in the Prairie Rose school division will get to stay home today due to the extreme cold. Seven Persons and Ralston schools are closed today and buses will not be running. S...

Olivia Thorington Jan 15, 2020 CHATNEWSTODAY

Childcare programs to lose major grants in spring

Medicine Hat, AB - The provincial government will be cutting two programs that are geared towards supporting childcare workers and their employers next spring.Both of which could leave families paying...

Dec 18, 2019

Students design liquor store bags to remind people about impaired driving

Redcliff, AB - Students across Cypress County and Redcliff are being rewarded for their help in raising awareness of impaired driving and the consequences that come with it.For the last month, student...

Dec 17, 2019 Constable Zachary Dye-Wilson hands out prizes to Margaret Wooding students

Results of provincial survey shows local school boards above average

Medicine Hat, AB - It's not just the students who need to make the grades.School boards are tested too.The Catholic Board of Education scored extremely well in the provincial government's 2019 'Accoun...

Dec 11, 2019

Calgary teacher cuts can be averted, but provincial audit, review going ahead

CALGARY - The Alberta government is moving ahead with a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education even though it appears hundreds of teacher layoffs can be averted.A spok...

Dec 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

Provincial grant funding to support safe and respectful learning in Alberta schools

The provincial government is taking steps to educate school employees across Alberta on their responsibilities to ensure students are safe from abusive situations.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange w...

Dec 09, 2019 Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange (left) and Respect Group Inc. Co-Founder Sheldon Kennedy (right) speak with students at Eastview Middle School in Red Deer on Monday.