UCPR mayors unhappy with proposal to hike education development charges
United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) council reacted sharply at its May 8, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting
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Music Monday (on a Thursday) celebrates music in local schools
Music Monday happened five days early in Vankleek Hill. On Thursday, May 2, students from the four Vankleek Hill schools:
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Area students learn about the law and dangerous drugs
More than 900 grade six students from across Prescott-Russell got to find out about the dangers of drugs and alcohol
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Federal funding announced for future of FERCA
Federal funding will help get the expansion of an agricultural research facility in Alfred moving. The Federal Economic Development Agency
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Local francophone organization still hoping government reverses plan to cancel university
The list of names has now reached about 11,000 on a petition against the Ontario government’s plans to halt a
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New children’s book debuts local illustrator and artist
The students and staff at Kool’s School are back, and with some bright, sharp illustrations too. Bruce Foster, an elementary
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Students plant fruit and nut trees for Argenteuil food banks
A tree planting project by elementary school students in Brownsburg-Chatham will bear fruit. And that’s the whole idea. In late
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Most local French-language Catholic schools meet or exceed requirements on provincial tests
This is the final installment in the series of results we’ve shared lately of how students in local public schools
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Above and below-average scores for local English Catholic students in provincial tests
Students at St. Jude Catholic Elementary School in Vankleek Hill are scoring lower on provincial tests in reading, writing, and
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Mixed provincial testing results in local Upper Canada DSB schools
The results are out on how local students are reading, writing, and calculating and they are mixed for local schools
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