Release date: 2025 09 10 Teachers will be on strike October 6, if a deal isn’t reached between the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA). Reaching a negotiated settlement for teachers, students and their families remains our priority. “What teachers want is simple: classrooms that are properly funded and wages that reflect their value to … Read more…
By Somya Lohia, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Originally Published on Aug 20, 2025 at 09:24 With just weeks until the first school bell of the year, Alberta parents and students face an uncertain back-to-school season as labour tensions between the province’s teachers and their employers edge closer to a possible disruption to classes. The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Teachers’ Employer … Read more…
(NC) With students starting to fill their backpacks and their schedules, the back-to-school season is set to begin – it’s an exciting and sometimes overwhelming time.Whether you’re prepping school lunches, managing health needs or heading off to college yourself, these practical tips will help students and families ease into the season.Allergy awareness in the classroomSending kids to school means more … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Out with the Alberta Schools Athletic Association and in with School Sport Alberta.The provincial governing body for high school sports has undergone a re-branding.On Aug. 18, The Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association announced the historic rebrand: effective immediately, the organization will be known as School Sport Alberta.This refreshed identity marks a bold step forward for the nearly 70-year-old … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The Livingstone Range School Division has named a new superintendent who will officially assume the role in mid-September.The school division announced on June 27 Sean Beaton has been named the division’s new superintendent of schools, and he is set to arrive in early August.Beaton holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta, a Certificate … Read more…
Posted: July 21, 2025 July 18, 2025 Media inquiries Alberta’s savings trust fund jumps by $2.8 billion, hitting a record high of $30 billion. Alberta is growing the Heritage Fund for what matters most – saving for the future to ensure a strong health care system, quality education and the lowest tax environment in Canada. By investing in the Heritage Fund, … Read more…
By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A provincial government order that Alberta schools remove sexually explicit materials from their libraries garnered condemnation yesterday as an example of costly and potentially harmful overreach. NDP education critic Amanda Chapman called the new standards a distraction from critical issues in Alberta’s education system. “Of course materials in schools should be age appropriate,” she … Read more…