Tag Archives: Education
Parents, teachers in four provinces prepare to return to class as Omicron spreads
OTTAWA - Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom Monday as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain abou...
Jan 16, 2022
For some Canadian students, school disruptions have become routine
With classes back in full swing last fall, some Canadian students said it seemed like they were finally settling into a school routine after more than a year and a half of intermittent learning interr...
Jan 16, 2022
North West College names new president, CEO
North West College has named its new president and chief executive officer (CEO).Dr. Eli Ahlquist will take over the leadership role, replacing interim CEO Tanis Studney. Ahlquist comes with more than...
Jan 14, 2022
New program at SIIT hopes to create more Indigenous entrepreneurs
A new program at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) hopes to train the next generation of Indigenous entrepreneurs while providing a mentor to help them along the way.SIIT will s...
Jan 13, 2022
Quebec to lift COVID-19 curfew Monday, extend vaccine passport to big box retail
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec appears to have peaked, allowing him to lift the curfew on Monday that he imposed to protect hospitals from ...
Jan 13, 2022
P.A. high school on list of latest COVID-19 outbreaks
A Prince Albert High School has now been placed on the province's COVID-19 outbreak list.The Global Sports Academy at Carlton Comprehensive High School was added to the list as of Jan. 10.The province...
Jan 12, 2022
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helping children in the northeast
Nipawin and Area Early Years Family Resource Centre and the Nipawin Kinsmen are bringing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to the northeast. The two groups announced their partnership on Jan 5 and ca...
Jan 11, 2022
Premier hosts announcement of new elementary school in La Loche
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe was in La Loche this afternoon to celebrate the construction of a new school.Moe was joined during a special presentation at La Loche's current Ducharme Elementary Commu...
Jan 10, 2022
Stanley Mission reacts to increase in active COVID cases
Stanley Mission is responding to the spread of the Omicron variant in the northern community. According to a Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) COVID-19 update released Jan. 7, there were 16 active case...
Jan 10, 2022
Efforts to establish First Nation school board in Yukon decades in the making
VANCOUVER - Parents at eight schools in Yukon are voting on a proposal that could put the control of education for their children in the hands of the territory's Indigenous bands, the result of an eff...
Jan 09, 2022