Education Minister Don Morgan says the 1.9 per cent increase that was recently negotiated works out to about $18 million.
Eggen says his department will work with teachers and administrators to redefine six core subjects simultaneously, with all the work done within six years.
The organization says rates of disease are higher among first nations, Inuit and Metis populations than their non-aboriginal counterparts.
CALGARY — Analysts say lost oilsands production from the Fort McMurray wildfires could top 30 million barrels and cost the industry upwards of $1.4 billion.
OTTAWA — Canada's broadcast regulator is forcing English-language TV stations to air at least seven hours a week of local news, and creating a new fund to help the smaller ones pay for it as part of a "rebalancing" of the country's television landscape.
OTTAWA — An elite soccer player from Cape Breton has been banned from the game for 18 months after admitting to taking a prohibited substance last year.