Education

Mittens to warm the soul

Students in several Prince Albert schools today had some big smiles and warm heads and hands thanks to the Kinsmen. For at least the fifth year, the Kinsmen donated gifts containing toques, neck warme...

Dec 16, 2022

North West College celebrates grand opening of new health training lab

North West College celebrated the launch of the new Cenovus Energy Simulation Learning Centre at its campus in North Battleford Thursday. The new health training lab expansion was made possible with s...

Dec 16, 2022

ML youth centre's Christmas fundraiser sees positive response

Turning Point Youth Centre in Meadow Lake wrapped up its 12 Days of Christmas fundraiser this week. The event that ran from Dec. 1 to 13 was a huge success, and ended up raising ongoing contributions ...

Dec 14, 2022

Hold and secure order issued at NB school following incident

A local high school was under a hold and secure order earlier Wednesday, following a report of an individual with an imitation firearm in the vicinity. Police said in a release that at about 9:55 a.m....

Dec 14, 2022

Free legal help for family law matters available in Meadow Lake

The Government of Saskatchewan in partnership with the Law Society of Saskatchewan and the Meadow Lake Salvation Army office are offering free family-law help in Meadow Lake during an upcoming session...

Dec 12, 2022

Turtleford area annual Christmas Bird Count coming up

The Turtleford area group of birding enthusiasts is getting geared up to take part in their annual Christmas Bird Count event again this year. Coordinator Brent Keen hopes to see a good turnout for th...

Angela Brown Dec 11, 2022

Turtleford area annual Christmas Bird Count coming up

The Turtleford area group of birding enthusiasts is getting geared up to take part in their annual Christmas Bird Count event again this year.Coordinator Brent Keen hopes to see a good turnout for the...

Dec 11, 2022

North West College awards over $66,000 in Entrance Scholarships

North West College (NWC), in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake, announced it was thrilled to award a total of $66,460 to students in Entrance Scholarships last month. More than 135 scholarships were pre...

Dec 09, 2022

Living Sky School Division to discontinue virtual K-Gr. 9 programming

Living Sky School Division (LSSD) announced today they will discontinue virtual programming for Kindergarten to Grade 9, due to reduced enrolment. The school division said in a release they made the d...

Dec 08, 2022

14 per cent of students absent in North Central: CRISP report

Just over 14 per cent of students in the North Central area were absent in the last two weeks in the latest update on respiratory illnesses from the province. The North Central rate was slightly lower...

Dec 08, 2022