Camps offer kids unique fun across Canada
Canadian camps stretch beyond crafts and fireside roasts with specialty programs. Dinosaur Country near Drumheller educates campers through fossil prospecting and site research while Space Camp Canada in Laval teaches astronaut basics with simulators and mock missions.
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Vancouver
Darryl Soderberg
Soderberg
Calgary
Dinosaur Country Science
Drumheller
Alta
Dinosaur Country
Canada
Margaret Seel
Canadian Camping Association
Space Camp Canada
Laval
Que
B.C. Forestry Association
B.C
Matey
Sail and Life Training Society
Victoria
Mary Campbell
Specialty Summer Camps Quick Facts
Listings show camps from various groups with run dates, ages, and prices. B C Forestry Association Camps run in July and August for ages 7 to 14 at 180 per six day session. Dinosaur Country runs July to August for ages 9 to 17 at 375 for a one week camp. Olympia Sports Camp runs July to September for ages 8 to 19 at 425 for a one week camp. S A L T S Voyage runs June to September for ages 13 to 25 at 650 for ten days. Space Camp Canada runs year round for ages 9 to 14 at 680 for five days. 1 800 565 267.
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B.C. Forestry Association
Dinosaur Country
Olympia
S.A.L.T.S
Space Camp Canada
China Adopts Abandoned Girls Through Foreign Homes
In Anhui province Li Youxiang notes that several baby girls like Emma and Kaitlin have been adopted by American families and now live in Philadelphia. Advocates frame adoption as both moral and pragmatic amid China’s rural preference for sons and the one child policy.
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Jeffrey Parker Hefe
China
Reuter
Emma
Kaitlin
Philadelphia
Li Youxiang
An Anhui Province
New Math Basics: Teacher Conference Reframes Subject
In Kitchener Ontario educators push a revised math curriculum for the 21st century. They say the basics now include percent signs and selecting the right tools to solve problems, with revisions across all grade levels and a large, multi‑institution conference at the University of Guelph.
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Kitchener
Ont
Sharon Young
Wellington County School Board
University of Guelph
Modern math instruction sparks varied teacher quotes
Quotes from Sharon Young Marian Small and Tony Gardiner discuss changes to math teaching. They question focusing on basics and drill routines while weighing whether new methods truly improve understanding.
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Sharon Young
Wellington County School Board
Four Score Years and 10 Birthday tribute for Mary Lautner
Mary Lautner will celebrate her 90th birthday with a come and go reception on June 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St Joseph's Home. Born June 19, 1905 in Linton North Dakota she moved to Canada at age two and served as a housekeeper for priests in Saskatchewan and Vancouver. She later worked 13 years in the Medicine Hat General Hospital laundry retiring in 1962.
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Mary Lautner
St. Jospeh’s
Linton
North Dakota
Canada
Blumenfeld, Handel, Mendham
St. John and Denzil
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Rethinking Elementary Math Teaching Emphasizes Understanding Over Tests
Read: today’s students should learn the what where when and why of math with communication and teamwork. Wood panel notes show shift from pen and paper tests to observed portfolios and math games. Teachers defend new methods against some parental concerns.
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Ron Sauer
Waterloo County Board
Marian Small
University of New Brunswick
Faculty of Education
Squatters draw strength from chief in Cree camp
In SMALLBOY'S CAMP Alta Cree squatters draw resolve from Chief Joseph Smallboy's burial. A new council honors the elder-led exile from Hobbema, echoing 1968 origins. They stress Cree language and culture, midwife births, and herbal medicine as oil, mining, and logging encroach nearby.
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Smallboy
Alta
Joseph Smallboy
Robert
Hobbema
Edmonton
Lazarus Roan
Roan
Robert Smallboy
Lazarus
Peter Roan
Alex Shortknife
Wayne Roan
John Higgerty
Hinton
Dear Ann Landers readers reflect on blended families and birthdays
A letter from an older man seeks guidance after marrying again and clashing with his adult children over money and acceptance. The response urges counseling to uncover root causes and suggests involving the daughter in sessions while addressing the son and honoring the late wife through thoughtful actions. In a second thread a teen asks how to mend his father's neglect of his mother's birthday, with a practical, lighthearted reply.
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Ann Landers
Ella
Sarasota
Fla
Robert
Mom
Tillie
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Toronto
Canadian Press
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Lou Gehrig
Peter Mah
Tony Gardiner
Angela Stubbs
Frank
Jean Storrs
Stampede Grounds
Medicine Hat
Albert
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Paradise Valley
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