Tag Archives: Education
STF looking for earlier vaccinations for Sask. teachers
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is hoping teachers will soon be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.Health-care workers, residents and staff at long-term and personal care homes, and com...
Jan 07, 2021
CUPE hopes to see more support for education workers
CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) is concerned about protecting education support workers against possible exposure to COVID-19, and would like to see a provincial mandate put forward.Rob West...
Jan 07, 2021
FSIN encourages school divisions to adopt ribbon skirt day
The organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan is calling on all school boards and divisions across the country to participate in a Ribbon Skirt Day challenge, as a means to help br...
Jan 07, 2021
Concerns raised in Tisdale about school bus safety
School is back in session for the North East School Division (NESD), which means school busses are back on the roads.A few recent posts on Facebook have suggested there is some concern in Tisdale with...
Jan 07, 2021
Some NLSD students might not return to class Jan. 18
It's a possibility some students won't be returning to school in northern Saskatchewan when classes resume Jan. 18. That's according to Northern Lights School Division Director of Education Jason Youn...
Jan 07, 2021
Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: scientist
To the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like two-million-year-old messages from the dawn of human technology. "It is really the begi...
Jan 07, 2021
North East School Division classes resume after holidays, including Naicam School following COVID-19 outbreak
The North East School Division (NESD) returned to classrooms from the Christmas break on Monday.Director of Education Don Rempel told northeastNOW the NESD administrators are still feeling good about ...
Jan 05, 2021
Feeling stressed, U of R student still studying as tech glitch delays exam for weeks
It has been several weeks since the end of the fall semester at the University of Regina, but there are still about 190 students with a class hanging over their heads.On Dec. 21, the university's onli...
Jan 04, 2021
SGI encouraging drivers to plan a safe ride home
As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, the normal New Year's Eve party plans will be a lot quieter this year, but SGI is still reminding people to plan a safe ride home if they do go out to enjoy a cel...
Dec 31, 2020
Hope and Future: public and post-secondary education aim to provide more
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Distance, masks, markers, ...
Dec 31, 2020