The ATA said Tuesday that it plans to take legal action in response to a ministerial order they believe threatens to reduce how much control teachers have over their pensions.

Previously, anyone who was in a classroom with an infectious case was considered a close contact and required to self-isolate.

Nearly 90 per cent of teachers with the Horizon School Division No 67 in southeastern Alberta are asking the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) to request a government-supervised strike vote.

The Alberta Teachers' Association asked Education Minister Adriana LaGrange to delay the school year's start at an in-person meeting Wednesday. 

Saskatchewan joined B.C. in delaying the return to school by a few days to allow teachers into their classrooms and get a handle on the conditions.

Minister LaGrange said the new curriculum is a return to "proven teaching methods."

Calgary parents still have questions after the release of the Calgary Board of Education's re-entry plan on Thursday.

Six boys survived — and even thrived — by being good to one another after they were shipwrecked on a deserted island in 1965.

It's been more than a month since classrooms in Alberta closed and it's been a steep learning curve for teachers.

In a decision released Tuesday citing the Jordan decision, Sulyma said the anticipated delay to the end of Forsyth's trial is more than 31 months.