Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will table back-to-work legislation seeking to end the provincial teachers’ strike. Meanwhile, thousands of educators rallied outside the legislature demanding better support for education.

A back-to-work order is expected to be passed quickly. It’s not clear if teachers’ demands for improved classroom conditions will be addressed.

‘Incredibly offensive to teachers’: Former ATA negotiator on potential back-to-work legislation Grande Prairie teacher and former lead negotiator for the Alberta Teachers’ Association Peter MacKay joins Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins to discuss the third...

  Education workers and critics are calling on the provincial Conservatives to withdraw Bill 33, Ontario’s Supporting Children and Students Act. The bill, currently in its second reading, would give the government the ability to remove...

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario spoke out Tuesday against school underfunding and Bill 33, which aims to integrate police into schools.

The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) is accusing the province of trying to force teachers back to work and put them in a position that is favourable to the government and school boards. In an update...

At an elementary school in Hinton, Alta., two of its five vacant teaching positions were never filled before classes started in September. In a small school, it’s the kind of situation that leads to larger...

Tamara Kovitch’s 10-year-old daughter used to see a speech language pathologist at school three times a week to help with her dyslexia and dysgraphia, a neurological condition that affects writing ability. Now, because of budget...

On the second day of a teachers’ strike that has temporarily shuttered schools across Alberta, the education minister signalled a willingness to negotiate how many new staff members need to be hired, but added he’s...

Alberta teachers will be locked out beginning on Thursday in the latest strike update.