Tag Archives: Education
New program to teach Sask students more about local food and farms
Students across Saskatchewan will be learning more about Saskatchewan farming and local food, later this week.On June 3, Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is leading a unique collaboration that will pro...
Jun 02, 2021
Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021
UBC reviews award of honorary degree to former principal of B.C. residential school
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is reviewing its awarding of an honorary degree to a Roman Catholic bishop who was once a principal at a residential school where the remains of over 200...
May 31, 2021
Local schools embrace orange after remains found at B.C. residential site
Prince Albert schools, like many others across the nation, have been encouraging to wear orange in light of the tragic discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at a former residential school i...
May 31, 2021
'To make change in Nunavut': Homegrown lawyers ready to enter legal profession
IQALUIT - For the first time in more than 15 years, Nunavut has a group of homegrown lawyers. Last month, 23 students wrote their final exams for the Nunavut law program in the same classroom they spe...
May 30, 2021
Queen Mary playground fundraiser reaches $10K
A $40,000 playground upgrade project at Prince Albert's Queen Mary School, is one step closer to construction, thanks in large part to a major donation this week.Vern Remy and his cousin, "Dr. Bob", r...
May 29, 2021
Council denies plan for digital sign at Arthur Pechey
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) will not be allowed to put a free-standing digital sign on cole Arthur Pechey Public School grounds. Prince Albert city council denied the reques...
May 29, 2021
Celebrating Arbor Week with plans for more urban forestation
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - As Arbor Week is celebrated across Saskatchewan this week, with Arbor Day on May 28, Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie said people may not realize just how much trees benefit the ...
May 28, 2021
Celebrating Arbor Week with plans for more urban forestation
As Arbor Week is celebrated across Saskatchewan this week, with Arbor Day on May 28, Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie said people may not realize just how much trees benefit the community on many levels. ...
May 28, 2021
Churchill student competes in national culinary competition
It was a big day for Grade 11 student Bill Varga who participated in the Skills Canada national cooking competition. "I have been practicing and practicing and practicing for nationals today," he said...
May 28, 2021