King pledges COATS will oversee teaching standards
Education Minister Dave King announced the new 11 member Council on Alberta Teaching Standards will begin July 1 to evaluate teaching standards and oversee discipline while crafting a future Alberta Teaching Standards Act. The council includes six teachers, union and department representatives, and a public member. Gerry Heck will chair.
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Manitoba man killed in two vehicle crash at First Street and Trans-Canada
A two vehicle collision at the First Street S.W. and Trans-Canada intersection Friday afternoon left Engelf Hanson 77 of Garson Manitoba dead and his wife Ruth 61 hospitalized in stable condition at Medicine Hat hospital. The Kenworth tractor trailer driver Roger Ricard of Kindersley Sask escaped injury.
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Alberta teachers warn book ban will cost schools
Crescent Heights High School teacher Terry Reilly says phasing out or removing textbooks in Alberta will burden boards with replacement costs and likely eliminate government grants for banned materials. Alberta Education cites a new manual screening texts for tolerance and understanding after the Keegstra case, with at least a dozen resources to withdraw and about 30 more to revise.
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Librarians weigh books used by conspiracist teacher in Alberta
Ron Ghitter argues school libraries should balance material and avoid books backing conspiracy theories. Jurors hear Eckville teacher Jim Keegstra promote Holocaust denial. Catholic and public schools debate Mein Kampf and Hoax of the Twentieth Century for district libraries.
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Medicine Hat
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Montana launches state of emergency over grasshopper swarm
Governor Ted Schwinden declared an official emergency across 18 counties from Havre to the North Dakota line to aid farmers battling grasshoppers. Counties must levy at least two mills to qualify for state insecticide subsidies. Liberty County has started the process while Hill Blaine and Phillips have declined the offer. Maximum aid is $2 per acre.
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Blaine County
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Liberty County
Border crossings at stake in Montana Alberta border clashes
Montana officials say progress is being made on preventing border port closures. The House approved a budget measure barring port closings, while the Senate did not. A conference panel is reconciling the two drafts as commerce and border groups press to keep all crossings open.
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