Tag Archives: Education
National Student Loan Service Centre plagued by delays as requests for help soar
Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance. The phone lines for the Nation...
Dec 05, 2020
NLSD advises staff to consider whether travel is 'truly essential'
Northern Lights School Division is reminding staff to think twice before deciding to travel."When making travel plans with your family, we remind you to consider whether or not your travel is truly es...
Dec 04, 2020
COVID-19 case in Unity high school
Friday, Living Sky School Division announced an individual at Unity Composite High School has been diagnosed with COVID-19.The school, division and Public Health are working to ensure precautionary me...
Dec 04, 2020
New Vice President elected for the Saskatchewan School Board Association
The Saskatchewan School Board Association elected a new vice-president at their most recent Annual General Meeting.The new Vice President, Jaimie Smith-Windsor had been a Trustee with the Saskatchewan...
Dec 04, 2020
COVID case at Wesmor Public High School
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual in Wesmor Public High School.In an email, the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division said it was informed...
Dec 04, 2020
North West College students awarded more than $115,000
Students at North West College are finding streams of financial relief in the form of scholarships while they continue to progress through their post-secondary programs.Throughout the 2019-2020 school...
Dec 03, 2020
NLSD moves to mandatory remote learning when classes resume after holidays
All schools in the Northern Lights School Division will transition to mandatory remote learning effective Jan. 4, 2021. That's according to a letter from the school division released Dec. 1, which sta...
Dec 03, 2020
Ex-Hasidic couple lose case against Quebec government over inadequate education
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled against a former Hasidic couple who took the Quebec government to court for failing to ensure they received the education to which they were entitled...
Dec 03, 2020
Gaining trust: History of Indigenous experiments poses challenge in COVID health
WINNIPEG - Some leaders and health professionals say they are facing a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic of persuading Indigenous people to trust a health system that has a history of experimenti...
Dec 03, 2020
Cree student awarded Order of the White Rose in memory of Polytechnique victims
MONTREAL - An Indigenous engineering student is this year's recipient of the Order of the White Rose from Polytechnique Montreal in memory of the victims and survivors of the 1989 anti-feminist attack...
Dec 03, 2020