Education

Study on impact from development on Jackfish and Murray Lakes to help guide future decision making

Close to 90 area residents attended a public engagement and information meeting at the Cochin Community Hall on Saturday to discuss a study related to how development impacts Jackfish and Murray Lakes...

Aug 30, 2021

Students and staff mask use 'strongly recommended' in NESD

Masking is being strongly recommended when school begins later this week in the North East School Division (NESD).The province wide masking mandate for indoor public places was lifted on July 11 but n...

Aug 30, 2021

Workers call for province-wide plan, mandatory masking as school year approaches

School resumes in Saskatchewan this week, but there hasn't yet been a comprehensive set of rules around COVID-19 protocols from the provincial government. So far, they've mostly left such rules in the...

Aug 30, 2021

Catholic School Division staff to receive Truth and Reconciliation training

Along with a year's full of lesson plans and getting organized for a new school year, all staff at Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) schools will be receiving training regarding Calls to ...

Aug 29, 2021

'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. school board

VICTORIA - A report that found systemic racism in a British Columbia school board and called for a provincewide review is "vindicating," the deputy chief of a First Nation in the province said Saturda...

The Canadian Press Aug 28, 2021

Northlands College mandates masks, undecided on mandatory vaccinations

Northlands College will be enforcing a mandatory mask mandate for all students and staff.It was announced through a welcome back 2021 video released earlier this week. Northlands College CEO Guy Penne...

Aug 27, 2021

Mask protocols to be in place for Living Sky, Light of Christ school divisions for back to school plans

Students in two of the local school divisions will head back to class following COVID-19 precautions, as part of Living Sky School Division's and Light of Christ Catholic School Division's plans, anno...

Aug 27, 2021

Active cases reach 1,753 across province, including 832 in northern zones

The provincial government reported another 258 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 124 of which are in the Northern Saskatchewan zones.This brings the total to 53,262 reported cases; 1,753 cases considere...

Aug 27, 2021

Sask Polytechnic and U-Sask draw line in sand on vaccination

Universities across the country are starting to unveil their plans for the school year ahead, and most of them include some form of vaccine requirement. This will be true for both the University of Sa...

Aug 25, 2021

Back-to-school season bringing extra anxiety in 2021

The return to the classroom can be stressful for kids and parents even at the best of times, and the last year and a half has added more stresses to the mix due to the pandemic.With a new school year ...

Aug 25, 2021