Tag Archives: Education
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
National daycare system will need funding to lower fees, expand spaces, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the government's push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals' design for a national system. Social Development...
Dec 28, 2020
'The value of your elders': First Nation using youth to spread COVID-19 message
MORLEY, Alta. - A First Nation in Alberta is turning to its youth to help spread the message to older members about the dangers of COVID-19.Three reserves in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains make up ...
Dec 28, 2020
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools, teachers say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that spit out answers, educators say the pandemic-induc...
Dec 27, 2020
'A better job than we’ve ever done:' Nunavut researchers turn to citizen scientists
IQALUIT - There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut. For Nunavut's hunters, the words are critical when travelling across a frozen ocean highway by snowmobile or dog team. In Pond ...
Dec 26, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Living Sky School Division
A case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in an individual in Connaught Elementary School in North Battleford and in an individual in Battleford Central School. A press release from the Living Sky School Divis...
Dec 24, 2020