Education

Alberta’s Colleges launch taskforce to support COVID-19 economic recovery efforts

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An economic recovery taskforce has been launched by Alberta's 11 Comprehensive Community Colleges (CCC).The taskforce will help local, provincial and federal governments, and indu...

May 07, 2020 The institutions represented in the taskforce (Photo courtesy GPRC)

Three scenarios for school re-entry plan: LaGrange

Alberta's education minister says the province is looking at three scenarios for the start of the 2020-21 school year in September, but that no decisions have been made at this time. Adriana LaGrange ...

May 06, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Alberta education minister to update school re-entry plan

Alberta's Education Minister is set to provide an update as to when in-school classes may be able to resume. Adriana LaGrange is also to discuss at-home learning and supports for students and parents ...

May 06, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Friends of the Corridor Schools raises thousands for projects in Condor and Leslieville

In the spring of 2018, David Thompson High School along Highway 11 was slated to close due to its sewage lagoon not meeting code and being too expensive to fix.Alberta Education saw that it would be m...

May 05, 2020

Sylvan Lake Municipal Library programming continues online with author talk

Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is facilitating an author talk at 3:30 p.m. on May 14 through a Zoom online meeting, during which Calgary-based teen author Sophie Torro will speak about her published wo...

May 05, 2020

Students urge RDC to lift theatre majors from chopping block

An online petition by RDC students is urging the college to reverse its decision to bring the curtain down on its acting majors. The Acting and Live Entertainment majors within the Bachelor of Applied...

May 05, 2020 RDC Arts Centre (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Mom says EAs parade highlights 'cruelty' of government cuts

Parades celebrating birthdays and other personal milestones have become common during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one of the latest parades in Red Deer is another example of why a Red Deer mother ...

May 04, 2020 Educational Assistants who've taught Anakin Suerink at Lindsay Thurber swung by his home for a parade, bearing signs with messages like 'Thurber Misses You.' (Supplied)

Alberta schools to stay closed for remainder of academic year

Schools in Alberta will remain closed for the remainder of the current school year. Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement on Thursday while unveiling the province's phased relaunch plan for Alber...

May 01, 2020 rdnewsNOW file photo

JA Southern Alberta offers online programming for students

JA (Junior Achievement) Southern Alberta has announced that volunteers, donors, parents and students in southern Alberta now have access to JA Digital Campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.JA Digital Ca...

Apr 30, 2020

Olds College deploys autonomous equipment in the field

Olds College is the only post-secondary institution in the world to deploy the fully autonomous DOT Power Platform as a teaching and research tool on the College's Smart Farm. Officials say this next ...

Apr 29, 2020 (Photo: Sergei Belski)