11 injured in grizzly bear attack on elementary class in Bella Coola, B.C.

Denette Wilford / torontosun - One male teacher 'got the whole brunt of it' and was among those who were taken from the scene by helicopter

Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Herself a Rhodes Scholar, Freeland is set to take the new position at Oxford University next July

#politics #education #internationalrelations #unitedkingdom #liberalparty #government #canadianpolitics

MP Chrystia Freeland appointed CEO of Rhodes Trust

3 months / theglobeandmail

Freeland expected to work out of U.K. for new role as Rhodes Trust CEO

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Chrystia Freeland's big new title

3 months / westernstandard / Leah Mushet

After leaving cabinet, Chrystia Freeland takes top job at Oxford’s prestigious Rhodes Trust

3 months / nationalpost / Kenn Oliver

Chrystia Freeland named new head of Rhodes Trust

3 months / torontosun / Bryan Passifiume

School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs

Michael Ranger / citynews - Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Onta…

#canada #technology #cybersecurity #security #education #childprotection #publicsafety #government

School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs

3 months / citynews / Michael Ranger

School boards must make privacy changes after PowerSchool breach: watchdogs

3 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

Privacy commissioner sounds alarm after Alberta student data breach findings released

3 months / edmontonjournal / Michele Taylor

Alberta and Ontario privacy commissioners fault schools for PowerSchool breach

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Ford government continues education shakeup with new ‘family support offices’

Isaac Callan / globalnews - The province said the first of these offices will be the next step for parents with complex or contentious issues which their schools cannot solve.

#ontario #education #dougford #government #canadianpolitics

OCDSB to open 'student and family support office' run by province

3 months / ottawacitizen / Joanne Laucius

Ford government continues education shakeup with new ‘family support offices’

3 months / globalnews / Isaac Callan

Ontario to set up school board support offices, starting with those under supervision

3 months / citynews / John Marchesan

Ontario extends child-care deal with Ottawa for one year

Emily Haws, Dave McGinn / theglobeandmail - Federal program was meant to bring cost of child care down to $10 a day by March, 2026, but newly signed agreement maintains fees at $19 a day on average

#economicpolicy #ontario #education #labour #childprotection #publicsafety #consumerprotection #fiscalpolicy #government #canadianpolitics

Politics Insider: Veterans and dignitaries mark Remembrance Day

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Ontario extends child-care deal with Ottawa for one year

3 months / theglobeandmail / Emily Haws, Dave McGinn

Ontario, feds agree to a 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day

3 months / nationalobserver / Allison Jones

Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Canada loses measles elimination status after outbreaks

Uday Rana / globalnews - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status.

#canada #education #publichealth #immunization #diseaseoutbreak #childprotection #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #healthcare #government

Expert Insights & Explanations (4)
Official Status Announcements (5)
Regional Outbreak Hotspots (4)

Alberta creates committee to tackle class sizes after forcing striking teachers back to work

theglobeandmail - Premier Danielle Smith, who will chair the 11-person taskforce, says there will be opportunity for input from educators and school boards.

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #edmonton #education #labour #legalaffairs #workplacesafety #government #canadianpolitics

Alberta creates committee to tackle class sizes after forcing striking teachers back to work

3 months / theglobeandmail

'Less chaotic teaching environment': Premier Smith says classroom complexity help coming soon

3 months / edmontonjournal / Postmedia News

HILTON-O’BRIEN: It’s time to fix the Alberta Teachers’ Association

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

RATH: Revenge of the Smith

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Alberta government announces new classroom size and complexity committee

Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Alberta's UCP government has announced creation of a new committee to address concerns about classroom size and complexity in the province's schools.

#alberta #education #labour #government #canadianpolitics

Alberta government announces new classroom size and complexity committee

3 months / globalnews / Ken MacGillivray

Teachers left off Alberta's class size and complexity task force

3 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Alberta government strikes cabinet committee to tackle classroom size and complexity

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Alberta teachers to challenge government's back-to-work order

theglobeandmail - The Alberta teachers' union says it is taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for passing a law to end their weeks-long strike and for using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to do it.

#politics #humanrights #alberta #education #labour #legalaffairs #workplacesafety #supremecourt #government #canadianpolitics

Teachers are challenging Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause to end strike

3 months / nationalobserver / Lisa Johnson, Jack Farrell

Friday's letters: Teachers shouldn't decide government policy

3 months / edmontonjournal / Edmonton Journal

Alberta teachers to challenge government's back-to-work order

4 months / theglobeandmail

Alberta teachers to challenge Danielle Smith’s government in court over notwithstanding clause

4 months / theglobeandmail / Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell

Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike

4 months / winnipegfreepress / By Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell

Albertans say ATA handled teachers' strike better than province as opinion on government worsens: Leger poll

4 months / calgaryherald / Daniel Gonzalez

Alberta teachers union launches two court challenges against province's back-to-work legislation

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

ATA taking Alberta government to court for 'violating' their charter rights

4 months / westernstandard / Leah Mushet

Alberta Teachers’ Association aims to take legal action against province

4 months / globalnews / Karen Bartko

Supreme Court to hear appeals in challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law

Christopher Oldcorn / westernstandard - Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to hear appeals in the constitutional fight over Saskatchewan’s pronoun law, setting the stage for a national test of how far governments can go when they shield legislation with the Charter’s notwithstanding clau…

#politics #humanrights #saskatchewan #education #legalaffairs #supremecourt

Supreme Court to hear appeals in challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law

4 months / westernstandard / Christopher Oldcorn

Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun case

4 months / theglobeandmail / David Ebner

Supreme Court will decide whether it will weigh in on Saskatchewan's school pronoun law

4 months / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

Supreme Court to decide whether it will weigh in on Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

'We're packed like sardines': Students walk out of their classes in support of Alberta teachers

Steven Sandor / edmontonjournal - "Alberta is ridiculous, and we need to show that the teachers aren't the only ones who need to stand up for themselves"

#politics #publicprotests #humanrights #alberta #calgary #edmonton #education #labour #publicsafety #youth

Danielle Smith takes a hit with teachers’ strike backlash, but still has political capital to burn

4 months / thehub / Falice Chin

'We have to stand up': Students across Calgary walk out in support of their teachers

4 months / calgaryherald / Devika Desai

'We're packed like sardines': Students walk out of their classes in support of Alberta teachers

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

Opinion: If the UCP can strip teachers of their rights, nobody is safe

4 months / edmontonjournal / Bill Mah, Edmonton Journal

Alberta students stage walkouts in protest over back-to-work order

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace, Alanna Smith

Alberta students walk out of class in support of teachers forced back to work

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after teacher strike ends

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - It's going to be a busy day for Alberta schools today as more than 740,000 students are set to return to class following the end of a provincewide teachers strike.

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #education #labour

Back-to-Class Reopening (5)
Immigration Controversy (1)
Notwithstanding Clause Politics (5)
Union and Strike Concerns (2)

Back-to-Class Reopening

Alberta teachers and students are back in school but questions loom over what the year might look like

4 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Alberta teachers and students return to school after back-to-work order

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

Calgary teachers, students back in classrooms as school boards work to make up lost time

4 months / calgaryherald / Noah Brennan

More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after teacher strike ends

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after government ends teacher strike

4 months / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

Immigration Controversy

Jamie Sarkonak: The secret reason Alberta teachers went on strike — skyrocketing immigration

4 months / nationalpost / Jamie Sarkonak

Notwithstanding Clause Politics

Opinion: Would Lougheed use notwithstanding clause to end Alberta teachers' strike?

4 months / edmontonjournal / Bill Mah, Edmonton Journal

Alberta and the notwithstanding clause: Why the province just used it, and why it was logical to do so

4 months / thehub / Howard Anglin

Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to end Alberta teachers’ strike

4 months / rabble / David J. Climenhaga

Wednesday's letters: 'Freedom' only for UCP backers

4 months / edmontonjournal / Edmonton Journal

Is Alberta justified in using the notwithstanding clause to legislate teachers back to work?

4 months / thehub / Geoffrey Sigalet

Union and Strike Concerns

Alberta unions to respond as teachers forced back to work via notwithstanding clause

4 months / globalnews / Karen Bartko

How real is the threat of a general strike in Alberta?

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

'This fight has just begun': Alberta's back-to-work bill passes through legislature, teachers vow legal action

Matthew Black / edmontonjournal - Bill 2, the Back to School Act, passed third reading in the early hours of Tuesday with the intent of returning students and teachers to classrooms by Wednesday

#politics #publicprotests #humanrights #alberta #education #labour

Government Action & Legal Measures (5)
Political & Public Opinion (3)
School Reopening Logistics (3)
Union Resistance & Reactions (5)

Government Action & Legal Measures

What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining the rarely used provision

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

4 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

Opinion: Invoking notwithstanding clause a slippery slope for Alberta

4 months / edmontonjournal / Bill Mah, Edmonton Journal

Danielle Smith Brings Down the Hammer on Alberta’s Teachers

4 months / thetyee / David Climenhaga

Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to put end to teacher strike

4 months / nationalobserver / Lisa Johnson, Jack Farrell

Political & Public Opinion

New Leger poll gives UCP government failing grade in wake of strike

4 months / edmontonjournal / Jackie Carmichael

'Reputational challenges': New poll shows public support for Smith, UCP has dipped amid teachers' strike

4 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

NDP leadership hopefuls line up to condemn Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause to end teachers’ strike

4 months / nationalpost / Rahim Mohamed

School Reopening Logistics

Schools to reopen Wednesday: Everything you need to know about the return to classrooms

4 months / calgaryherald / Devon Dekuyper

Alberta students expected to return to the classroom Wednesday

4 months / globalnews / Ken MacGillivray

School to resume Wednesday, but it won't be back to normal immediately say Calgary school boards

4 months / calgaryherald / Devika Desai

Union Resistance & Reactions

Bell: Danielle Smith outfoxes Alberta teachers but they to vow to fight on

4 months / calgaryherald / Rick Bell

Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work

4 months / calgaryherald / Don Braid, Calgary Herald

Labour leaders meet to explore options after Alberta orders teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

'This fight has just begun': Alberta's back-to-work bill passes through legislature, teachers vow legal action

4 months / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Alberta teachers say the fight has just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill

4 months / nationalobserver / Lisa Johnson

'A very dark day for education': Teachers, parents worry over province's back-to-work legislation

Noah Brennan / calgaryherald - 'I really want to go back to work; however, this legislation is not going to help our students,' said one Calgary teacher

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #education #labour

Legislative drive and political clashes (6)
Protests and broader media snapshots (2)
Union and educator backlash (6)

Legislative drive and political clashes

Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause, orders striking teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail

Bell: Danielle Smith figures Albertans back deep-sixing teacher strike

4 months / calgaryherald / Rick Bell

Alberta uses notwithstanding clause in bill ordering teachers back to work

4 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

'Historic day and not in a good way': Nenshi and Smith clash in first question period at Alberta legislature

4 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Alberta government expected to legislate teachers back to work

4 months / rabble / Gabriela Calugay-Casuga

Protests and broader media snapshots

Morning Update: Stuck between Trump’s tariffs and Xi’s terms

4 months / theglobeandmail / Danielle Groen

Rally for defending public education got a bigger crowd than the one for Alberta separation

4 months / rabble / David J. Climenhaga

Union and educator backlash

Letters, Oct. 28, 2025: ‘For members of the ATA, you should be thankful for what you have’

4 months / calgarysun / Jeffrey Morgan

Alberta teachers say fight just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Alberta’s plan to force teachers back to work expected to further inflame dispute

4 months / globalnews / Ken MacGillivray

Braid: Tension rising as UCP introduces school bill, labour unions fume

4 months / calgaryherald / Don Braid, Calgary Herald

'A very dark day for education': Teachers, parents worry over province's back-to-work legislation

4 months / calgaryherald / Noah Brennan

Union leader: UCP has 'declared war' on labour movement, and the response will be severe

4 months / edmontonjournal / Steven Sandor

Back to school first, says premier

Devika Desai / calgaryherald - The premier received a deluge of questions and concerns from Albertans on the province's approach to the three-week long teachers' strike on issues of minimum wage, classroom sizes and the bargaining tactics.

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #education #labour

Field of Crosses welcoming students despite Alberta teacher strike

4 months / globalnews / Drew Stremick

Back to school first, says premier

4 months / calgaryherald / Devika Desai

Alberta premier responds to threat of broader labour action in call-in radio show

4 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Alberta government could soon order teachers back to the classroom: What does that mean?

Edmonton Journal / edmontonjournal - The teachers' strike is set to enter its fourth week on Monday when Premier Danielle Smith has suggested her government would take action

#politics #publicprotests #alberta #education