'Failed to protect students': Minister LaGrange proposes new rules for the ATA

More than a week after details of a series of historical sexual assaults perpetrated by a former Calgary Board of Education teacher led to a multi-million lawsuit against the board, the Alberta government says it is taking action to protect students. Late last month, details of a $40 million class-action lawsuit were released to the media, detailing years of abuses by Michael Gregory, a former teacher at Calgary's John Ware Junior High School. The Calgary Police Service charged Gregory in Februa