Tag Archives: Education
A look at the residential-school system in Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on...
Jun 03, 2021
Literacy hub set to open in La Ronge in July
La Ronge has been selected to host northern Saskatchewan's first Northern Family Literacy Hub. In a news release by the provincial government, it was announced this week the new literacy hub will be o...
Jun 03, 2021
St. Mary selected as first 'Following Their Voices' elementary school in community
St. Mary School has been selected as the first elementary school to take part in the "Following Their Voices" initiative in the community.Following Their Voices (FTV) is an initiative designed to rais...
Jun 02, 2021
Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools
TORONTO - Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 should be able to experience a "normal" return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked...
Jun 02, 2021
COVID case at École St. Anne school
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at cole St. Anne School in Prince Albert.The Prince Albert Catholic School Division said in a media release T...
Jun 02, 2021
New program to teach Sask students more about local food and farms
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - 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 col...
Jun 02, 2021
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