Tag Archives: Education

Montreal primary school teacher pleads guilty to sex crimes involving five girls
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school teacher pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sex-related crimes involving five young female students whom he manipulated into acts of sexual abuse. Dominic Blanchette a...
Mar 07, 2023

All P.A. Catholic school Grade 7 students receiving laptops
If you're a Grade 7 student attending a Prince Albert Catholic School Division school, you're going to receive a laptop. The school division made that announcement Friday afternoon. Close to 250 total...
Mar 05, 2023

Living Sky responds to incident after child hit by airsoft gun projectile
Living Sky School Division (LSSD) is responding to a recent incident in which a child was inadvertently hit by an airsoft gun projectile at Battleford Central School (BCS) on Feb. 15. The school divis...
Mar 04, 2023

Light of Christ's EMBM, JPII schools celebrate Carnaval Chez Nous
Kids at cole Monseigneur Blaise Morand (EMBM) were jigging and playing their wooden spoons as they took part in Carnaval Chez Nous Friday. The event runs for eight days with students from Kindergarten...
Mar 03, 2023

Métis community leaders recognized for their service
Perry Vermette, Owner of Vermette Wood Products, jokes when he was first received notice he was receiving a Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal, his first instinct as someone who shys away from public atte...
Feb 28, 2023

Deficits and government spending highlight the 2023 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Here are highlights of the 2023 British Columbia budget presented Tuesday. All costs are over three years, unless otherwise stated: $6.4 billion in new health spending, including $2.6 billi...
Feb 28, 2023

Melfort Chamber to host crime prevention presentation
The Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce (MTACC) is set to host a crime prevention presentation, next Wednesday, March 8.The MTACC Chamber Chat Speaker Series will be doing so, in conjunction wi...
Feb 28, 2023

B.C. budget forecasts years of deficits, but spends big on health, housing, families
VICTORIA - Deficits are in the forecast for British Columbia's budget, but that's not stopping the New Democrat government from spending billions on health, housing and families. Finance Minister Katr...
Feb 28, 2023

Melfort school supports men's mental health
The Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) senior boy's basketball team recently hosted a green game in support of men's mental health.The exhibition game had Melfort compete against Hudson ...
Feb 27, 2023

Studious raccoon shuts down South Kelowna, B.C., elementary school for the day
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some students at South Kelowna Elementary School in British Columbia got a surprise day off after a raccoon broke in and got comfortable in the building's ceiling. A statement from Cen...
Feb 27, 2023