Tag Archives: Education
NLSD announces how schools will open across the north next week
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has announced how students will proceed with classes next week. Communities where schools are permitted to open at level two, which is full in-class learning...
Jan 15, 2021
Mandatory remote learning to continue in Pinehouse Lake until Feb. 1
Students in Pinehouse Lake won't be returning to class until at least Feb. 1. The announcement was made in a letter released this week by the Northern Lights School Division, which states Minahik Wask...
Jan 14, 2021
All LSSD school buildings closed Thursday from weather conditions
Living Sky School Division (LSSD) announced all school buildings will be closed on January 14, due to extreme weather conditions.In a statement on Wednesday, LSSD Director of Education Brenda Vickers ...
Jan 13, 2021
JPII finds another COVID-19 case
Another COVID-19 case has been diagnosed at John Paul II Collegiate High School.Officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed Light of Christ Catholic School Division of the diagnosis earl...
Jan 13, 2021
Multiple LSSD schools report COVID-19 cases, NBCHS moves to Level 4
The Living Sky School Division (LSSD) has announced North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) is imposing Level 4 restrictions of the Safe Schools Plan, following increased COVID-19 exposure....
Jan 12, 2021
Battlefords area grows support for ribbon skirt issue
Mosquito, Grizzly Bears Head, Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) are showing their solidarity for a young girl who was told by a staff member at her school in eastern Saskatchewan that the hand-made skirt...
Jan 11, 2021
Birch Hills senior set to play college ball
Regardless of what happens this year as a result of COVID, Levi Rask at least has the certainty his basketball career will not end when he graduates this June from Birch Hills school.The 17-year-old h...
Jan 11, 2021
Mandatory online learning leaves single parents with impossible choice
Every day, Jessy Duncombe has to figure out how to put food on the table, help her two school-aged kids navigate the complexities of online learning, and keep her three-year-old daughter occupied and ...
Jan 09, 2021
New work permit being offered to keep more international students in Canada
OTTAWA - International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former stu...
Jan 08, 2021
Calls for Ribbon Skirt Day after Saskatchewan Indigenous student wearing one shamed
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned h...
Jan 08, 2021