Tag Archives: Education
JPII principal, Bruce Yockey receives Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal
North Battleford's Bruce Yockey has been awarded a Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal for his positive impact on the community and province.Yockey, who serves as principal at John Paul II Collegiate, has ...
Jun 02, 2023
Province providing $40M to help school divisions hire staff, manage growing enrolment numbers
School divisions across Saskatchewan are getting funding to help with the growing number of students.The province announced on Thursday they were providing an additional $40 million with half being gi...
Jun 01, 2023
Melfort Youth Evolution in the fight against teenage vaping
Six kids from Melfort Youth Evolution recently travelled to the legislative building in Regina to speak up against vaping laws.Alongside their three adult allies, they joined roughly 60 other youths f...
Jun 01, 2023
Town & RM of Arborfield file injunction against North East School Division's plans for community school
The Town of Arborfield and the Rural Municipality (RM) of Arborfield have officially filed an injunction against the North East School Division's (NESD) decision to discontinue grades 7 to 12 at the c...
Jun 01, 2023
People advised to keep cats indoors to ensure their safety
The Battlefords Humane Society is asking pet owners to try to keep their cats inside following a number of cases of people targeting cats in the community.The society received reports of cats being in...
May 31, 2023
Northlands College celebrates ABE grads
Seventeen Adult Basic Education students become graduates on Wednesday at a diploma ceremony hosted by Northlands College.The ceremony occurred at Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre and it includ...
May 31, 2023
'Prepared for the worst:' One adult, 16 children injured during Winnipeg school trip
WINNIPEG - Several Grade 5 students were treated for broken bones and other injuries Wednesday after falling from a wooden structure at a popular tourist attraction during a school trip, but most were...
May 31, 2023
UBC faculty of medicine mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man has died while trying to pursue his lifelong dream of climbing Mount Everest. The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine says it is mourning the unexpected de...
May 26, 2023
Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court
MONTREAL - A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec's decree banning prayer rooms in public schools, the second one in rece...
May 26, 2023
Teddy Bear Clinic brings community together
The annual Teddy Bear Clinic is back in North Battleford today.The event is being held at Central Park behind the North Battleford Library from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Battlefords Early Childhood Interventio...
May 26, 2023