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Nipissing University, Northern College present balanced budgets as international student enrolment drops
Two more post-secondary schools in northeastern Ontario are proposing balanced budgets for the coming year, but each is dealing with continuing financial pressures in different ways.
Lack of post-secondary music programs next year concerns educators, musicians in northeastern Ontario
Musicians and music teachers in northeastern Ontario say a lack of post-secondary education for the subject will reverberate through the region, but the music scene will survive.
Henvey Inlet woman won't have to disclose treaty settlement amount in child support negotiations
Payments from the Robinson Huron Treaty litigation settlement have been guarded fiercely by First Nations, but a recent motion in family court in Sudbury has challenged that confidentiality.
Sault College president says its getting harder to maintain 'core programs' with financial pressures
Another post-secondary institution in northeastern Ontario is struggling to operate as it is squeezed by dropping international enrolment and a longstanding tuition freeze.
Mayor and hospital board CEO in small northern Ontario spar over cause of doctor shortage
People without family doctors in the Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane area are lighting up social media as the mayor of Cochrane and the CEO of the area’s hospital board skirmish over why there’s a shortage in the area.
Hundreds of Indigenous students to lose dedicated educational assistants under changes to Jordan's Principle
School boards say hundreds of educational assistants dedicated to Indigenous students across the northeast are facing lay-offs next year triggered by recent funding changes that Indigenous Services Canada has made related to Jordan’s Principle.
Black Lives Matter Sudbury sponsoring two young Black players to learn hockey
Black Lives Matter Sudbury wants to encourage more Black young people to lace up their skates and get on the ice.
Thousands of northern Ontario survivors of boarding home program eligible for compensation
Thousands of Indigenous children in northern Ontario alone survived loss of language, abuse when forced to board away from home for school under a government program called the Indian Boarding Homes program.
Faculty, community raise questions about Algoma University not taking in new music students
The Algoma University Faculty Association is raising questions and concerns about the suspension of admissions to five programs, particularly the music program which it said was popular and performing well.
Post-secondary sector says budget measures won't avert crisis in northern colleges and universities
Ontario's 2025 budget not stepping up enough to avert financial crisis as international enrolment drops, say post-secondary advocates.