Tag Archives: Education
Meadow Lake teacher recognized for impact on Indigenous students
A local teacher is being acknowledged for his work with Indigenous youth. Derek Eftoda, an educator at Carpenter High School, was awarded the Guiding the Journey Award. The honour comes from Indspire,...
Dec 12, 2021
PAGC and Sask Polytech agree to create Indigenous encampment
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and Saskatchewan Polytechnic have partnered to discuss and explore opportunities of creating a traditional Indigenous encampment at the Hannin Creek Education an...
Dec 11, 2021
Online learning to continue in schools across the northeast
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, learners and teachers everywhere are learning how to adapt to the online world. Horizon School Division released its enrolment numbers in late November and the amou...
Dec 10, 2021
Legault blames school board after teacher with hijab forced from class under Bill 21
MONTREAL - Premier Franois Legault said Friday a school board in western Quebec should never have hired a woman who had to be removed from her teaching duties because she wears a hijab. Legault said t...
Dec 10, 2021
Project Hot Paws makes special pre-Christmas delivery
An initiative by the Prince Albert Kinsmen Club, will help ensure hundreds of the city's youth have warm hands this winter when they play in the snow.As part of the fifth annual Touques & Mitts fo...
Dec 09, 2021
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX - An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections ha...
Dec 09, 2021
16-year-old arrested after teacher stabbed in Montreal high school classroom
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teacher in a Montreal high school classroom. Montreal police said the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. at John F. Ken...
Dec 09, 2021
Quebec elementary school teacher reassigned from class over hijab due to Bill 21
MONTREAL - An elementary school teacher in western Quebec has been reassigned from her classroom because her hijab contravenes the province's law forbidding teachers from wearing religious symbols. Pa...
Dec 09, 2021
Construction begins on $10-million renovation at Holy Rosary
Work has begun on Holy Rosary High School's major renovation just in time for the holidays.The $10-million project at Lloydminster's Catholic high school, announced back in September 2020, is a two-st...
Dec 07, 2021
JP II students spread awareness, honour teacher during Violence Prevention Week
Students at John Paull II Collegiate in North Battleford took part in a cause, dear to several of their peers over the past week.From Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 as part of Violence Prevention Week, several awa...
Dec 06, 2021