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Rethinking Career Decisions: Why College is No Longer the Unquestioned Path
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (411+ words) (Feature Impact) For generations, students have been told a college degree is key to landing a well-paying job and building a stable future. Long treated as the gold standard for post-secondary education, albeit an expensive one, the four-year degree is…...
Skilled trades training group effort: MP
3+ week, 1+ day ago (444+ words) Patty Hajdu, minister of jobs and families, takes a break from a roundtable discussion at Confederation College, Thursday, where they discussed the growing need for skilled trade workers. A roundtable discussion involving Confederation College, school boards, employers, unions and different…...
Library includes long-sought 'feature"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (326+ words) Carmen Kinniburgh, a service assistant with the Thunder Bay Public Library, County Fair branch, wheels storybooks into the new children's area as patron Josephine Santa plays with a Hot Wheels race set, following the opening of the space on Monday....
Wondrous world of water in spotlight
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (198+ words) Indigenous artist, Joseph Lane, said much of his art was inspired by being near water as part of his healing process. From sustaining life to inspiring art, water is part of people's lives, and students are learning what role they…...
Girls to gain firefighting career skills
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (525+ words) Camp Molly Thunder Bay participants take part in training exercises in 2024. From fire suppression, auto extraction, to medical aid, girls interested in firefighting or first response will have an opportunity to try the techniques at a camp returning to Thunder…...
Researchers highlighted, awarded
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) Recipients of the 2026 Distinguished Researcher Award are Sam Salem, left, and Anna Guttman. From South Asian literary studies to structural engineering, this year's Research and Innovation Week at Lakehead University celebrated the many different research projects of staff and students....
Mc Gill, Concordia drop legal battle with Quebec government over tuition hikes
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (178+ words) MONTREAL - Concordia and Mc Gill universities say they are abandoning their legal challenge against the Quebec government's decision to maintain a 33 per cent tuition hike for out-of-province students. The English universities won a ruling last April after the Superior Court…...
Portable classrooms for Tumbler Ridge, B. C. , as shooting victim is remembered
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1130+ words) The British Columbia government says portable facilities are arriving in Tumbler Ridge, B. C. , to allow children to return to school after six people were killed at the community's high school last week." The B. C. government says in a news release that the…...
Post-secondary schools welcome money for upgrades
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (345+ words) Confederation College electrical engineering technology student Brett Maslack demonstrated his automated drink dispenser at the school last April during a showcase in the student's final year. Ontario is spending more than $6. 4 million to enable Lakehead University and Confederation College to…...
Bundle up with Coats for Kids
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board teachers Laura Sutton, left, and Sarah Polowski say the new location for the annual Coats for Kids clothing drive at the Boys and Girls Club will help those in need this season. A winter…...