10+ hour, 44+ min ago   (864+ words) Brandon 7° C, Clear Loy Excellentia Initiative hosted its first “Beyond The Classroom” to help post-secondary students navigate life, school and careers in Canada on Saturday. The event, held in Brandon University’s Faculty of Education, was a professional development and community-building…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (163+ words) Brandon 10° C, Cloudy EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton will hold a news conference this afternoon on their probe into the stabbing of two worshippers at a Sikh temple in the city’s northeast. Investigators have said charges were pending against a 27-year-old…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (771+ words) Brandon 20° C, Cloudy WINNIPEG — Independent schools are preparing to welcome a record number of students as more families pay for faith-based instruction and secular alternatives. The overwhelming majority of Manitoba children — 200,000 — are starting in the public school system this fall....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (552+ words) Brandon 16° C, Windy If education paves the road to success, it’s a path that increasingly leads to Brandon University for Indigenous students. The school announced this week that it has a 12.5 per cent increase from last year as of Sept. 1, which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (197+ words) Brandon 23° C, Sunny RED DEER – Alberta’s highest court has struck the decision by a Catholic school division requiring a trustee to publicly apologize for a social media post that compared children waving Pride flags to Nazi Germany. The issue erupted…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (685+ words) Brandon 17° C, Cloudy with wind Rusnak, who ran in the 2022 municipal and school board election, said his motivation for returning to the race remains closely connected to his family. “My main motivation since 2022 remains to advocate for two of our…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (386+ words) Brandon 17° C, Light rain with wind He made the donation as students and families prepare for the upcoming school year, while encouraging other election candidates to follow suit by supporting schools in their wards or catchment areas. The initiative comes…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (918+ words) Brandon 18° C, Light rain with wind Recent changes to Alberta’s education policies highlight ongoing debates about what can and cannot be taught in classrooms. In announcing changes to Alberta’s approach to curriculum and learning in May, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1380+ words) Brandon 11° C, Sunny Post-secondary students say the rising cost of rent and limited availability of affordable, suitable housing are making it increasingly difficult to find places to live in the Wheat City. For some students, the search for accommodation has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (653+ words) Brandon 15° C, Clear WINNIPEG — Demonstrators rallied at the Manitoba legislature Friday, calling the abuse and death of children in care a “state of emergency.” “These things continue to happen,” said Donna Dumas, a former foster parent of a child with…...