Tag Archives: Education
Federal government seeking feedback on promised school food policy as inflation rises
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to make good on its promise to implement a national school food policy, starting with getting feedback from Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tasked t...
Nov 16, 2022
Don’t mix drinking and driving urges MADD Prince Albert
The Prince Albert chapter of MADD Canada is kicking off its annual Christmas safety campaign by putting out boxes of red ribbons to help remind people of the importance of sober driving.Karen Anthony-...
Nov 16, 2022
Half of Quebec nursing students fail September licensing exam, probe launched
MONTREAL - Quebec nursing student Jennifer Gunville says she was left in shock after she learned she had failed her licensing exam. Gunville, 30, is among the 51 per cent of nursing students in the pr...
Nov 15, 2022
Champions of Mental Health Committee creates new scholarships for psychiatric nursing students
The Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan - Battlefords Branch (RPNAS) is creating two scholarships to be awarded annually. Two North West College students studying to become a reg...
Nov 14, 2022
Poetry project of Remembrance at South Hill Mall
Grade Nine students from Carlton Comprehensive School have a display at the South Hill Mall that combines some word skills with an important message for Canadians. Mackenzie Reeder, age 14, said she e...
Nov 11, 2022
Meadow Lake student chosen to represent North America at a conference in Egypt
A Grade 12 student from Carpenter High School in Meadow Lake is currently in Egypt representing North American youth at an International Conference.Sean Bernard was selected to attend the United Natio...
Nov 10, 2022
Bill 21 appeal: English school board says law is 'affront' to values of Quebec anglos
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law is an affront to the dignity and values of the province's anglophone community, a lawyer representing the province's largest English-language school board told a Cou...
Nov 09, 2022
LGBTQ students allege mistreatment, want change at Saskatchewan Bible college
REGINA - Jordan McGillicky says she was devoted to sports and her studies at a private Saskatchewan college but eventually felt driven away from the school because of her sexuality. She enrolled two y...
Nov 08, 2022
Former Northlands College CEOs react to employee placed on unpaid leave to seek public office
"This is simply wrong."Those are the words of former Northlands College CEO Toby Greschner in response to a candidate in the upcoming La Ronge byelection being placed on unpaid leave by the post-secon...
Nov 07, 2022
PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford raised the spectre of a fresh constitutional battle between Ottawa and the provinces on Monday even as he indicated his willingness to repeal controversial legislati...
Nov 07, 2022