Tag Archives: Education

Education and culture sharing key themes in P.A. for National Indigenous Peoples' Day
Seventeen-year-old Rindrow Starchief travelled all the way from Whitebear reserve to Prince Albert this week to participate in the National Indigenous Peoples' Day events.He was one of a number of pow...
Jun 21, 2022

Northern Lights School Division needs 21 teachers before September, hosts recruitment event in Green Lake
While students have only days left before the summer break, administration with Northern Lights School Division will be spending that time recruiting 21 teachers. That's according to superintendent of...
Jun 21, 2022

Gordon Denny secures $35,000 grant to purchase new books
Air Ronge's Gordon Denny Community School is one in more than 30 Canadian elementary schools across the country to receive an Indigo Love of Reading Foundation grant this year. The school celebrated t...
Jun 20, 2022

Industrial arts teacher ready to build a new life in retirement
La Ronge teacher Mel Menz is ready to relax and take in more of the joys in life.He will officially be retiring from Churchill Community High School at the end of this month. He has been the industria...
Jun 20, 2022

'The robots are coming': Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters
CALGARY - It could be a character on a Saturday morning kids show, but this rescue robot is anything but fantasy. "It's not science fiction. It's science and this thing exists," said Alejandro Ramirez...
Jun 20, 2022

Education Minister meets with catholic school division amid JP II tour
Work is progressing on improvements for John Paul II Collegiate (JP II) in North Battleford.Education Minister Dustin Duncan toured the school while meeting with board members of the Light of Christ C...
Jun 18, 2022

Battlefords celebrate launch of Early Years Family Resource Centre
There were big smiles and little smiles all around Friday as The Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre (BEYFRC) held its grand opening celebration. The bright spacious facility is located at ...
Jun 17, 2022

Shellbrook grad class celebrates in style
Scores of proud parents and grandparents sat along Shellbrook's Main Street Friday afternoon as a procession of brightly coloured vehicles rolled by.The idea to have the parade for the graduating clas...
Jun 17, 2022

Caribou ribbon has been cut on Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority
Cutting a caribou hide ribbon Thursday afternoon was a message that the Dene of Saskatchewan's Athabasca region are now in control of their own education.Chiefs of all three participating bands, staff...
Jun 17, 2022

Author Tootoosis relates impact of MMIW in her book
A Battlefords area author describes her book as a memoir that also deals with the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), since the topic has touched her on a personal level. Stephani...
Jun 16, 2022