Inflation would have been up one per cent year-over-year without a steep drop in gas prices, according to Statistics Canada.

While schools argue they need an infusion of cash to deal in part with higher costs of remote teaching and learning, students say they already face challenges, such as difficulty in finding summer employment.

A Red River College spokesperson says administrators are currently reviewing — program by program — what fees are being charged and whether or not they're appropriate.

The "Student Choice Initiative" - announced by the Progressive Conservative government in January - allows post-secondary students to opt out of services deemed "non-essential."

The interim president of the Universite de Moncton says tuition will increase this fall to deal with a projected deficit of more than $1 million.

Okanagan College’s board of governors approves 2 per cent increase for domestic students.

The government says that means the average university arts and science undergraduate student would save about $660 and the average college student would save $340.

Most medical students will still need to pay about $29,000 for annual room and board and other living expenses.

Tuition will rise at the University of Winnipeg by 6.6 per cent after they approved a $143 million budget for 2018-19 Monday.

In addition to soaring tuition costs, a number of mandatory fees keep piling on, new data shows.