Access Awareness assembly at Connaught school prompts empathy drills
Madison Lewis, aged 8, tastes blended cheese pizza and thickened juice to simulate swallowing disability during an Access Awareness event at Connaught school. Students also tried blind baseball and mobility aids while Redi Enterprises and K-Kids volunteers from Golden Kiwanis Club promoted awareness, leadership, respect, and problem solving.
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Madison Lewis
Connaught
Redi Enterprises
Golden Kiwanis Club
Rural Alberta school boards push funding and program changes
Alberta School Boards Association meeting in Red Deer focused on rural school issues including funding equity and program changes. Marion Peers of Prairie Rose said policies were approved for government review as boards seek better test rules, transportation, and rural economic vitality amid ongoing arbitration delays.
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Alberta School Boards Association
Red Deer
Marion Peers
Prairie Rose School Board
Prairie Rose
Edmonton
Peers
ASBA
Winds push fire toward Conklin as 1000 firefighters fight blaze
Shifting winds threaten Conklin Alberta as the House River fire, spanning 2800 square kilometres, puts 250 residents and nearby Janvier Chard communities at risk. About 100 evacuees are in Fort McMurray with 500 on alert. Firefighters use sprinklers and fireguards while cooler, wetter weather nears.
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Conklin
Alberta
Rick Strickland
Nick Nimchuk
Nimchuk
House River
Prince Edward Island
Janvier
Chard
Fort McMurray
Strickland
Redwater
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