Education

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) held a community town hall meeting in Morley on Monday (Jan. 20), but one Stoney Nakoda community member said the federal government agency spent most of the meeting giving residents “non-answers”

During its regular board meeting in November, the Canadian Rockies Public School division said it’s considering paid parking options at its school parking lots in Canmore and Banff for the summer months

The Canadian Rockies Public School division says the federal government has agreed to fund Stoney Nakoda students attending the Exshaw School at the current rate for the 2020-21 school year

“We wanted to give a big thank you – these volunteers have been coming in week after week for years, it’s not just a one off thing."

Two former École Notre-Dame des Monts students from Canmore – Lorien Monteith and Jordan Olsthoorn – were awarded $1,000 national scholarships in October

Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut, spoke with students at the Exshaw School last week about the ins and outs of travelling to space and introduced a new Junior Astronaut program

The Canadian Rockies Public School division was recently informed its property insurance premium is to rise 217 per cent, resulting in a $166,000 increase to its budget

“The 2013 Floods” and “Moss in the Rocky Mountains” are among some of the newly named interpretive signs adorning the popular trail that students from Exshaw School created and then presented during its grand opening on Tuesday (Oct. 22)

Alpenglow School in Canmore has been awarded a $125,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant to help it develop an outdoor learning centre

“Instead of getting that mad rush of people getting to class, they’re coming in, slowing down a little bit, having a bite to eat, mingling with different groups than they normally would so that’s kind of nice to see… You plan for one thing and then you get all these beautiful ripple effects that impact school culture.”