Education

McCoy senior to represent Medicine Hat students on education youth council

Medicine Hat, AB - One Monsignor McCoy High School student will be representing his fellow Medicine Hat students as part of the education minister's youth council.Seth Akins, who is in Grade 12, will ...

Oct 16, 2019 Seth Akins, McCoy grade 12 student, who has been selected for the education minister’s youth council

Red Deer Public Schools maintaining status quo on sexual orientation policy

Red Deer, AB - In the wake of a strongly-worded letter from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), Red Deer Public Schools says it will not be changing its policies around sexual orien...

Oct 13, 2019

Red Deer Public Schools writing Education Minister to retain legal name

Red Deer, AB - The Red Deer Public Schools Board of Trustees will be writing Education Minister Adriana LaGrange in their bid to keep the word "Public" in their legal name.The Public School Boards Ass...

Oct 12, 2019

RDC, students preparing for possible lifting of tuition freeze

Alberta post-secondary students are bracing for a possible lifting of the current tuition freeze when the provincial budget is handed down on Oct. 24.The MacKinnon Report on Alberta's Finances release...

Oct 07, 2019

Cannabis course coming to MHC

Medicine Hat, AB - Medicine Hat College will be starting courses later this month aimed at students looking for a career in the budding cannabis industry.But despite the new Aurora Sun facility being ...

Oct 07, 2019 Rendering of Medicine Hat's Aurora Sun facility courtesy of Aurora Cannabis

City bylaw causing confusion around lack of school bus lights

Medicine Hat, AB - Children have been back in school for about a month now which means yellow buses are back on the roads. There seems to be some confusion on social media though about which kinds of ...

Oct 04, 2019 Photo by Colton McKee

Orange Shirt Day recognized at city schools

Medicine Hat, AB - What started as a story recalling one of the tragedies of the residential school experience has blossomed into a nationwide reconciliation event with Medicine Hat schools recognizin...

Sep 30, 2019

MH Christian teacher lone Canadian chosen for international education innovation program

Medicine Hat, AB - A Medicine Hat teacher is the lone Canadian selected to take part in Google's Certified Innovator Program.As part of it, Jessilyn Swanson, will be headed to Stockholm with 35 other ...

Sep 24, 2019 Photo by Scott Roblin

Natural playground seeks to brings kids outdoors

Medicine Hat, AB - Central Park will be the bellwether for a new concept in children's play - natural playgrounds.The concept is to engage youngsters by utilizing sensory all of their sensory experien...

Sep 23, 2019

Library closed due to water damage

Redcliff, AB - A sudden closure of the Redcliff Public Library was caused by a leaky window, according to a town councillor who sits on the board of the library.The library was closed suddenly on Satu...

Sep 23, 2019