Tag Archives: Education
Artificial intelligence threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience. Silver, who graduat...
Oct 19, 2025
WATCH: PA Science Centre provides some slimy fun
With Halloween just around the corner, the Prince Albert Science Centre is spreading some gooey cheer. On Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26, they are hosting a slime lab from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. For only $10 a con...
Oct 18, 2025
Monsignor Fiolleau to receive provincial recognition for service to community
The Saskatchewan Catholic School Board Association Annual General Meeting Awards Banquet will held on Saturday in Moose Jaw and Msgr. Maurice Fiolleau will receive the Appreciation Award. The Prince A...
Oct 18, 2025
Saskatchewan Youth Symposium coming to Melfort Oct. 23
Students from across Saskatchewan will gather in Melfort next week for the 5th annual Youth Symposium. The event is organized by Youth Matter Canada, and founder Laura Lawrence told northeastNOW hundr...
Oct 17, 2025
Sask. Polytechnic cuts 25 more jobs, NDP and faculty sound alarm
Another round of layoffs has hit Saskatchewan Polytechnic, prompting criticism from the opposition NDP and concern from faculty leaders about the school's long-term stability.The Saskatchewan Polytech...
Oct 17, 2025
Alberta teachers reject government request to end strike and enter mediation
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she's disappointed the union representing teachers turned down a government request to end a provincewide strike and to go through enhanced mediat...
Oct 17, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
Oct 16, 2025
Nipawin sisters receive prestigious leadership award
A pair of Nipawin teachers have won a prestigious award for promoting student leadership in schools. Denise Worsley-McClelland and Andrea Hayes, who are sisters, were awarded the David Connell Dedicat...
Oct 16, 2025
'Are they being fed?' Thousands of students lose school meals during teachers strike
EDMONTON - Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eight...
Oct 16, 2025
Prince Albert job fair helps local students nail down opportunities
The President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Construction Association looks on and smiles as two high school students attempt to hammer a long nail into a wooden 4x4.The Association was one of over 80 ve...
Oct 15, 2025