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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has released details of its plan for a registry and discipline system for teachers. The idea was promised in last fall's throne speech and is laid out in a bill now before the legislature.
Winnipeg's biggest school division is adding new education assistants to its school year budget, but a member of the board of trustees says it's not able to fill any previously cut positions because of chronic underfunding.
The province has announced that it has reached a historic milestone in which Manitoba families will pay a maximum of $10-a-day for children 12 years and under for regular hours of child care, beginning April 2.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Manitoba will achieve an average of $10-a-day child care by April 2, which is three years ahead of schedule.
The Seven Oaks School Division has been cautioning parents that it is looking at removing programs such as swimming lessons, stopping buses for older students and even cutting teachers as solutions for a tight budget.