Canada PM Mark Carney Throws Shade At Trump’s America While Announcing Massive Economic Pivot

LOADINGERROR LOADING OTTAWA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said his government’s first budget will reduce economic and security reliance on the United States and cut wasteful spending. Carney, who was elected...

Trent University & Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board create new Indigenous Studies dual credit program

Agreement enables high school students to earn university credit in Indigenous Studies while completing high school diploma Trent University & Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board create new Indigenous Studies dual credit program. –...

Stratford Is for Theater Lovers: A Weekend Trip to Canada’s Renowned Cultural Haven

The Festival Theatre is the main venue, opening in 1953 for the festival’s inaugural season. // Photography by David HouBury me in the public square in Stratford, Ontario! Is that too dramatic? That might be because I’m still buzzing from my...

Varcoe: As Ottawa strives to bolster Canada's military, Calgary aims to grow defence and aerospace industry

“Right now, we are heavily focused on short-range air defence. So, think of anything for countering drone threats to rockets, artillery, mortars,” said Ziade, who took a leave from his position as a mechanical engineering professor at the...

CMU offers free residence for students

Canadian Mennonite University will provide incoming students with free on-campus housing, starting in 2026-27. The new incentive for first-year undergraduate students is valued at $3,000. The faith-based school is touting the registration bonus as...

Ex-NDP education ministers on separate sides of byelection battle

A second retired education minister is getting involved in a school board byelection — to back a candidate running against her former NDP cabinet colleague. There are three contenders for the trustee opening in Ward 3 of the Louis Riel School...

‘Total chaos’: Cap on international enrolment created havoc for students and schools

Ameera Ali Khan had dreams of becoming a doctor. She chose to study in Canada for its quality education and safety. But, after her first year in life sciences at McMaster University, she began to worry she wouldn’t get into medical school or be...

Peer reviews of teaching, instructor self-reflection now university-wide policy following Senate approval

Senate approved a new policy on Oct. 15 that requires a minimum of three sources of data for evaluating teaching: instructor self-reflections, peer reviews of teaching and student feedback collected in the Student Experience of Instruction...

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (Oct. 23, 1874): First intercollegiate rugby-style football game in Canada was played at McGill

The week marks the 151st anniversary of Canada's first intercollegiate rugby-style football game, held on October 23, 1874, between Harvard and McGill University at the Montreal Cricket Club. This historic match was significant as touchdowns were...

Why World Series is personal for Canada in the age of Trump

Blue Jays are in World Series for first time since 1993 with the chance to deliver a title to Canada. Since President Trump's new term began, he has floated the idea of making Canada the 51st state. For some Canadians, the 2025 World Series 'means...

Abenaki in Canada say new report proves VT tribes are illegitimate 

Abenaki leaders in Canada released genealogical research claiming that leaders of Vermont-recognized Abenaki tribes are of mostly European descent. The report alleges that prominent Vermont Abenaki figures are at least 96.9% European and that...

No $100,000 fee for F-1 to H-1B visa status change. Should Indian students relax?

When the White House rolled out a proclamation on September 19, attaching a USD 100,000 (roughly Rs 88 lakh) fee to certain H-1B petitions, it set off immediate panic: inboxes flooded, hiring plans were revised and students reconsidered travel....

UK High Potential Visa lets top university graduates work freely — No job offer needed

The UK High Potential Individual visa permits skilled graduates with an approved university degree within the last five years to reside and work, even without a job offer. Skilled graduates who have earned a degree from an approved university...

Why are fewer students arriving in Canada this year?

Canada’s international education and temporary workforce landscape is undergoing one of its sharpest declines in years. According to official data released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the country recorded a nearly 60%...

Canada, PU to advance media freedom, digital resilience in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The High Commission of Canada in Pakistan, in collaboration with the Department of Digital Media at the University of the Punjab, yesterday convened a high-level Strategic Dialogue on Media Literacy and Digital Resilience to promote...

Letters: The troubling dichotomy of N.B. education

Breadcrumb Trail Links New Brunswick TJ Comment Letters Published Oct 23, 2025 • Last updated 42 minutes ago • 3 minute read Having students spend fewer days in classrooms does not achieve educational goals, states a letter-writer. PEXELS The...

In the news today: Justice minister to talk tougher bail, Canada-China revisited

By Canadian Press on October 23, 2025. Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Liberals set to introduce bail reform bill today The Liberal government is expected to pitch tougher bail and sentencing...

Alberta students face stress, uncertainty as legislation looms to end teachers strike

EDMONTON – As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopeless herself. “I’m happy to return...

Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement

With one guiding question, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand a movement and ignite a national conversation. “How do we restore the North? ” Jivani asked roughly 50 people at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) last Friday. “How...

Alberta legislature set to return with throne speech as teachers strike goes on

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 EDMONTON - Alberta's legislative assembly is set to return today with a throne speech kicking off the fall sitting. Read this article for free: We need your support! Local...