Tag Archives: Education
NBCHS grad youngest ever to receive Saskatchewan volunteer medal
It's a proud time for Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal recipient Ishita Mann, the youngest person ever to receive the honour since the awards were established close to 30 years ago.The 19-year-old North B...
May 05, 2022
Hazee Awards youth art competition winners announced
It was an exciting time at North Battleford's Chapel Gallery Tuesday evening when the Hazee Awards youth art competition winners were named. The annual competition was spearheaded by Rob and Nora Rong...
May 04, 2022
NLSD attendance rates drops 50 per cent is some communities
Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) director of education Jason Young is concerned about the impact low attendance rates will have on the success of students in the years to come. The school divisi...
May 03, 2022
Friend remembers cadet who died in vehicle incident as 'class clown'
TORONTO - One of four officer cadets who died when their vehicle plunged into water is being remembered as an outgoing athlete who was proud of the hard work he put in at Canada's Royal Military Colle...
May 02, 2022
Some N.S. university towns are eyeing camera surveillance to deter student mischief
HALIFAX - The mayor of Wolfville, N.S., says her town is looking at adding surveillance cameras in a residential area near Acadia University in response to "continuing and escalating" property damage ...
Apr 30, 2022
Local students presented with scholarships for Arts, Engineering
The Battlefords and District Community Foundation (BDCF) recently presented scholarships for Fine Arts, and Engineering to three students from the Battlefords. Seth Kennedy and Dmitri Masich have rece...
Apr 26, 2022
Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology
VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...
Apr 22, 2022
Federal government will let international graduates stay in Canada another 18 months
OTTAWA - International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them...
Apr 22, 2022
Canoe Lake celebrates launch of Oskayak Pasikonatanik Project
Thursday marked a special day for members of Canoe Lake Cree First Nation who gathered for a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of the Oskayak Pasikonatanik Project. The Oskayak Pasikonat...
Apr 21, 2022
Métis Nation looks to re-vamp constitution
A series of public consultations have kicked off as the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) works to re-vamp its constitution. Changing the document was part of an agreement struck with the federal gove...
Apr 21, 2022