The Alberta government is pausing its controversial order for the removal of books from school libraries that the province had deemed as sexually explicit content.
In a brief e-mail to school boards and divisions Tuesday, Alberta’s Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the restrictions on books should be paused “until further notice.”
As generative artificial intelligence tools become more readily accessible than ever, parents and educators are struggling to navigate its use in classrooms as the new school year begins.
There’s the worry that secondary and postsecondary students could use AI to cheat on assignments, potentially generating false sources or entirely made-up essays. But others say AI is a helpful tool to enhance learning, if used properly.
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Le bilan du premier séisme de dimanche dépasse déjà 1400 morts et 3100 blessés.
En quête de temps de jeu ou prêts à franchir un cap, ils ont animé la période des transferts à leur façon.
Quelque 600 chefs des Premières Nations se réunissent à Winnipeg dès demain.
Le directeur parlementaire du budget fournit des analyses économiques et financières indépendantes aux élus.
Malgré une contestation interne, l'armée israélienne ne déroge pas à son plan de conquête.
Alberta’s education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
Demetrios Nicolaides, in an e-mail to school divisions and officials Tuesday, said they should pause any development or distribution of lists of books that are to be removed, “including removing materials containing depictions of explicit sexual content.”
The Quebec government says it is ending funding for Northvolt’s planned battery plant in the province’s Montérégie region.
Economy Minister Christine Fréchette says the government made its decision after the company failed to produce an acceptable plan for Quebeckers.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reacting angrily to news of the closure of a plant that bottles Crown Royal, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well.
Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, as it shifts some bottling volume to the United States.
Le demi Sean Thomas Erlington et les receveurs Tyson Philpot et Austin Mack s’approchent d’un retour au jeu.
L'IA cite comme source d'information un article qui dément la fausse nouvelle qu'elle propage.
Il s'agit de la deuxième retraite ministérielle du premier ministre depuis sa victoire aux élections d'avril.
The federal NDP officially launched the race to find its next leader on Tuesday, leaving seven months for interested candidates to mount a campaign.
The next NDP leader will be elected at a national convention in Winnipeg in March.
L'entreprise veut fermer une usine en Ontario et déménager une partie de sa production aux États-Unis.
It took 11 years, loads of equipment and multiple attempts to pull an excavator-turned-landmark out of an east-central Saskatchewan lake.
But for the owner of the company that got the job done, it was just another day.
Members of the union representing thousands of British Columbia public service workers set up picket lines Tuesday in what the union says is a “last resort” in its labour fight with the province.
Members of the BC General Employees’ Union set up picket lines at provincial government offices in Victoria, Surrey and Prince George as well as in front of the Royal BC Museum.
Le gouvernement ira en cour pour réclamer que le prêt consenti pour l'achat du terrain lui soit remboursé.
L’Américaine, quatrième joueuse mondiale, l’emporte aisément sur la Tchèque Barbora Krejcikova.
La fille du cinéaste français Louis Malle et de l’actrice américaine Candice Bergen a rejoint Vogue en 2011.
Selon M. Legault, les ministres Guilbault et Bonnardel « auraient dû poser plus de questions » à la SAAQ.
Le Québec s’est donné pour objectif d’atteindre la carboneutralité dès 2050.
Plusieurs employeurs exigent une présence accrue au bureau à partir du mois de l'automne.
Jonas Vingegaard, grand favori, a désormais 26 secondes d’avance sur Torstein Traeen.
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La société d'État veut y construire son futur poste électrique en remplacement de celui de la rue Berri.
Les peuples autochtones devront s’armer de patience et surtout rester aux aguets.
Elle a été 10 semaines au 1er rang du Billboard Hot 100 et trôné tout l’été au sommet de Songs of the Summer.
En juin, le président a envoyé plusieurs milliers de militaires à Los Angeles, secouée par des manifestations.
Le 2 septembre, la capitulation officielle du Japon met fin à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Enbridge Inc. ENB-T says it is going ahead with a pair of natural gas transmission projects.
The company says it expects to spend US$300-million on the Algonquin Reliable Affordable Resilient Enhancement project which will increase deliveries from the Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline to existing local distribution company customers in the U.S. Northeast.
Depuis une visite en Russie en 2023, M. Kim n'a pas quitté son pays soumis à des sanctions internationales.
Le Québécois y disputera mercredi son premier quart de finale dans un tournoi du grand chelem en trois ans.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he wants to address headaches at the Canada Revenue Agency in 100 days.
Champagne said in a letter to the chair of Parliament’s finance committee that it’s clear the CRA is not meeting Canadians’ standards amid complaints of service delays at the agency’s call centres.
A new report released as students across the country return to school finds bullying, poverty and mental illness are on the rise among Canadian youth and urges action from policy makers to improve the lives of children.
The Raising Canada report says more than 70 per cent of Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 experienced bullying in the last year, and more than 13 per cent of children were living in poverty by the end of 2024.
L’Agence du revenu du Canada doit mettre en œuvre un plan de 100 jours afin de réduire les délais d’attente.
Voici 10 suggestions de lecture pour inciter les enfants et les préados à troquer les écrans pour les livres.
OpenAI a annoncé qu'au cours du prochain mois, les parents pourront lier leur compte avec celui de leurs ados.
Les courses se tiendront le 12 septembre à Québec et deux jours plus tard à Montréal.
Les nouveaux noms des sociétés n'ont pas encore été dévoilés par le groupe.
71 % des Canadiens de 12 à 17 ans disent avoir été victimes d’intimidation au cours de la dernière année.
Le bilan du premier séisme de dimanche dépasse déjà 1400 morts et 3100 blessés.
Depardieu a été renvoyé devant la cour pour viols et agressions sexuelles sur la comédienne Charlotte Arnould.
La rentrée aura lieu sous le signe de tensions entre le gouvernement et les enseignants de langue française.
The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combatting systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach.
The federal government first offered $6.64-million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the money was aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system by promoting the use of race and cultural assessments before sentencing.
“You can’t be experimenting on dogs. They’re part of our families. Or cats. Go with mice, go with rats, no problem,” Doug Ford said recently as he announced his intention to ban most research on dogs and cats in the province.
The Ontario Premier was reacting to a report by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that beagles were being used in a medical research study at the Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ont.
Greater Toronto commuters are likely bracing for traffic and transit congestion to worsen over the coming months as a number of major employers get ready to increase in-office days.
Even before return-to-office mandates take effect, experts say vehicle traffic in the city is at a tipping point, while delays, construction and public safety concerns plague the public transit system.
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