Canada was prepared to send ships to Iraq in 2003 if UN approved action, records show - CBC

On World Teachers’ Day, government institutions, development partners, United Nations agencies, and civil society organizations convened in Baghdad to strengthen coordination and accelerate the implementation of Iraq’s National Education Strategy 2022-2031, with a strong emphasis on teacher development as a cornerstone of quality education. More than 50 participants attended the meeting of the Education Sector Coordination Group (ESCG), hosted at Al-Farahidi University and chaired by H. E. Dr. Haider Abed Dhahad, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Scientific Affairs. Mr. Wim Riepma, Head of Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union to Iraq, participated as Co-Chair. UNESCO serves as the Secretariat of the Group. Discussions focused on advancing national education priorities, including continuous professional development for teachers, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), inclusive education, school feeding programmes, and climate-resilient learning. Marking World Teachers’ Day, participants underscored the central role of teachers in improving learning outcomes and building resilient education systems.

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WAINWRIGHT, Alta. – A fire reported on a range at CFB Wainwright has spread beyond the training area, the Canadian Armed Forces said Saturday. Last updated 7:13 p.m. MT. See the update log at the end of this story.

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An expert on low-carbon transportation says the roughly 1,000 compressed natural gas buses running in Canada are still considered “extremely safe” after one such bus was involved in a deadly crash in Calgary that claimed the lives of three people. On Thursday, a chain-reaction crash happened when a transit bus hit several vehicles before rear-ending a parked bus, igniting an explosion that also left more than a dozen others injured. Calgary police said one officer was taken to the hospital with injuries after running towards a bus as fire erupted. One of the 12-metre-long buses involved in the crash was powered by compressed natural gas, a kind of fuel considered cheaper and more environmentally friendly than diesel gas. Buses that run on compressed natural gas are common in public transit and have been in operation for the past two decades, said Josipa Petrunic, president and CEO of Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), a national non-profit focused on low-carbon transit research and planning. Story continues below advertisement