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By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg School Division trustee who has been in a war of words with Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is planning to run for the Opposition New Democrats.
Mark Wasyliw has told the Winnipeg Labour Council he will seek the NDP nomination in the Fort Garry seat in Winnipeg.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will be getting advice on education reform from a consultant who recently prompted Nova Scotia to eliminate elected school boards and make other sweeping changes.
Avis Glaze has been hired as the lead consultant for a commission that will review all aspects of the kindergarten to Grade 12 school system, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen said Friday.
Winnipeg’s largest school division has passed its 2019-20 budget, giving the green light to a 2.45 percent increase to property taxes.
The Winnipeg School Division board of trustees approved the budget Monday evening at $417,444,400 for the fiscal period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is warning school divisions to keep their property taxes in check or face a crackdown as part of an ongoing exercise in fiscal restraint that will continue in Thursday’s budget.
Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen, who joined Finance Minister Scott Fielding at a pre-budget news conference Tuesday, said any school division that ignores a provincial directive earlier this year to cap property tax increases at two per cent will be forced to cut administration costs.
WINNIPEG — A new learning and child care centre is planned for the Université de Saint-Boniface after funding commitments from the federal and provincial governments.
Ottawa is providing $2 million, while the province is investing $900,000. The university will cover the remaining costs of the $6.15 million project.
The University of Manitoba is on the search for a new president to succeed Dr. David Barnard.
The university announced Wednesday the presidential search committee is engaging in a community consultation.
A stabbing at a Winnipeg high school Monday afternoon sent two teenaged boys to hospital.
Police were called to St. John’s High School on Church Avenue at around 2:30 p.m. for the report of an assault.
WINNIPEG — An online threat towards a school in Edmonton was re-shared across social media, making some believe that the threat was meant for a Winnipeg school.
Police responded to John Pritchard School on Henderson Highway Monday morning after a report of an online threat shared between students.
