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Canada is facing a wave of retirements driven by workers in high-pressure sectors, with an increasing number retreating before they turn 65.
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Reynolds headshot courtesy of Iowa governor’s office; DeJear headshot courtesy of Iowa Senate Democrats Deidre DeJear, right, is the Democratic challenger to Gov. Kim Reynolds in the 2022 campaign.
Author of the article: A new analysis of labor force survey data by Photo: Jon Manchester School students from across the Vernon area learned this week about the pain of Canada’s residential school system. Along with in-class lessons, busloads of students converged on the Towne Theater downtown to view the documentary The Secret Path. The film was created by Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and Jeff Lemire. More than 1,600 students registered to see it. The film tells the story through music and animation of Chanie Wenjack, a young boy who died in 1966 while walking the railroad tracks in attempt to escape the Cecelia Jeffrey Indian Residential The Public Education Foundation is accepting applications for more than $5 million in college scholarships. Current Clark County high school seniors and college students are invited to apply until Jan. 31. More than 900 scholarships are available. “Hundreds of generous donors within our community are making it possible for our students to pursue their post-secondary dreams,” Foundation CEO Rich Broome said in a news release Tuesday. “We applaud their incredible efforts and invite others to join us as we support our students on their paths to future success.” The foundation has been awarded about $27 million in college scholarships to LAS VEGAS — In a wide-ranging and mostly civil debate in Las Vegas, Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak and Republican challenger Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Clark County, duked it out over education, taxes, inflation and abortion. Notably, they agreed on only one issue: that the 2020 election was not stolen. Asked by moderator Jon Ralston whether he agreed with former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the last presidential election in Nevada was “rigged,” Lombardo said, “No, I do not. “There was modicum of fraud, but nothing to change the election,” he said. Asked whether he thought Trump was a
TORONTO – Ontario ended the last fiscal year with a $2.1-billion surplus – a far cry from the $33-billion deficit projected in the budget – thanks to inflation and stronger economic growth, officials said Friday. The surplus is a result of revenues that were 20 per cent higher than the 2021 budget forecast, largely coming from taxes, due to higher-than-expected inflation and nominal GDP growth more than five points higher than the average private sector forecast at the time of Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange has appointed lawyer Julia Sproule as the province’s first teaching profession commissioner. A Wednesday cabinet order made official Sproule’s five-year term starting Jan. 1. The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) will no longer be in charge of professional discipline and Sproule will oversee a new complaint process for the province’s teachers beginning next year. It’s a new job created after the government passed a law in May aiming to eliminate any potential conflict of interest for the association that also represents 46,000 teachers as a union. A University of Alberta Early childhood educators (ECEs) from across Nova Scotia gathered outside the education minister’s office Thursday morning, protesting what they’re calling inaction on their compensation package. The group began their day of action at Grand Parade, then marched through downtown Halifax to Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Becky Druhan’s office on Brunswick Street. “I’m here because we’re tired of waiting and not knowing when we’re getting raises,” says Jasmin MacFarlane, who’s been an early childhood educator for the past six years. “We really deserve more.”
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