Increase in Manitoba marriage commissinoners as more couples marry outside church
Between 2013 and 2023, the number of people in Manitoba who became marriage commissioners within a 12-month period surged 127 per cent.
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Manitoba math educators say students will suffer from relaxed teacher-certification rules
The U of M, which boasts the largest faculty of education in the province, plans to continue requiring all education students to take courses on how to teach math in order to graduate.
Science experiment in Manitoba schools
Teachers test a new curriculum with an emphasis on vaccines, climate change and Indigenous perspectives.
Concerned father wants older student expelled for ongoing threats to his 11-year-old son
Manitoba Education issued a policy directive last year to minimize the use of exclusionary practices, such as suspensions and expulsions, in kindergarten-to-Grade 12 buildings.
Winnipeg School Division faces enrolment of 1,000 extra students
Unexpected growth in inner-city and central Winnipeg has prompted the division to hire more teachers.
Winnipeg students found safe after disappearing during Ontario field trip
Local police were alerted shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday that a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old from the group had gone missing from the area located roughly 80 kilometres east of Kenora.
Crowded classes lead to ‘hallway education in Winnipeg
One school has transformed a gymnasium, community room, and a chunk of the elementary library into homerooms to accommodate ballooning enrolment.
Solar panels reducing Winnipeg high school’s carbon footprint
The Manitoba government approved $91,000 in funding for solar panels as part of a larger, $12.8-million construction and renovation project to address growing enrolment at the French immersion school.
Superintendent scores with storybook
Jerret Long is donating copies of his children’s book Rob, The Really Old Ball to Selkirk-area school libraries just in time for September. It’s a tale about a worn and neglected piece of phys-ed equipment that proves to be surprisingly perfect for sports.