Months before a fatal school shooting this week in Colorado, a parent warned that student violence and bullying could cause “a repeat of Columbine”. The parent also alleged “an extremely high drug culture” on the campus in suburban Denver, warning it was “the perfect storm”. The call was made five months before the attack. One […]
A San Francisco teacher on extended sick leave due to breast cancer has had to pay for her own substitute, sparking a nationwide outcry over the policy. The average cost for a substitute in the city is $200 (£150) per day, which gets deducted from the sick teacher’s salary, thanks to a 1976 state law. […]
A Rugby Nova Scotia official says the group is aiming to make the sport safer at the high school level as it seeks more influence over the sport’s administration. Rugby Nova Scotia took responsibility for the remainder of the season after the governing body for high school athletics lifted a briefly imposed ban this week. […]
The gym at Ecole Harbour Landing School was transformed for one night into a junior golf club for a new program that teaches kids how to golf. Paul Schatz with the Tor Hill Golf Course started teaching family night golfing schools as a way to get children interested in the sport. “With any sport, learning […]
US comedian Conan O’Brien says he has settled with a San Diego man who accused him and the staff of his late night talk-show of stealing jokes. Writer Robert Kaseberg sued O’Brien and others who work on Conan for allegedly stealing five jokes from Kaseberg’s Twitter feed and blog. O’Brien explained his decision to settle […]
A Canadian senator has been suspended after posting on her website letters from supporters disparaging indigenous people. The correspondence was scrubbed early on Friday from the site after months of controversy over its posting. Lynn Beyak was suspended on Thursday following an ethics report that found she failed to uphold “highest standards of dignity inherent […]
First came the man in a clown costume. Then came the calls to the police. Reports about a rogue clown handing out candy to children briefly caused alarm in Clarksville, Tenn., on Thursday, after a man with a white painted face and a red nose was seen driving by a bus stop and motioning for […]
Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor has announced up to $5 million in funding for a Nova Scotia program that promotes physical activity and healthy eating for students. The money for UpLift was announced today by the minister at an elementary school in Amherst, N.S. The program is aimed at students from primary to Grade […]
Elections Newfoundland and Labrador says more than 21,000 people have cast ballots in the advance poll for next week’s provincial election. The total in Thursday’s vote was 21,289 or just over six per cent of the 350,799 eligible voters in the province’s 40 electoral districts. The numbers are down slightly from the 2015 election when […]
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signalled that the United States could stomach higher tariffs on Chinese goods and would not back down in its trade war with China, even as he said that a trade deal was still possible this week. “I’m different than a lot of people. I happen to think that tariffs for […]