Tag Archives: Education
École Vickers students learn sign language to accommodate COVID restrictions
When students went back into classrooms in September, they were presented with new guidelines to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. One of these guidelines prohibits singing in the classroom. But for th...
Dec 02, 2020
U of S study shows hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants may pollute air
A University of Saskatchewan team has conducted research into the airborne polluting effects of cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants and says these pose health risks.According ...
Dec 02, 2020
Researchers say widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change
Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of t...
Dec 02, 2020
Muskoday woman named first female president of national body representing Aboriginal Firefighters
Just over two decades after joining the Muskoday Volunteer Fire Department, Michelle Vandevord can now lay claim to being elected the first female president of the Aboriginal Firefighters' Association...
Dec 02, 2020
Dolly Parton early literacy program coming to Prince Albert
A non-profit program focusing on early childhood literacy, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is kicking off in Prince Albert, registration for the program will begin in January.Dolly Parton's Imagina...
Dec 01, 2020
Liberals take step on national child-care system, promise plan coming in 2021 budget
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing millions of dollars in new spending as a down payment on a planned national child-care system that the Liberals say will be outlined in next spring's budge...
Nov 30, 2020
Horizon School Division implements 'masking breaks' as masking becomes mandatory for all students
New public health measures came into effect in Saskatchewan on Friday, Nov. 27.Included in the new measures in masking in school being expanded to students in pre-kindergarten all the way up to Grade ...
Nov 30, 2020
Living Sky School Division to enact protocols Monday
Living Sky School Division announced a series of new protocols following the province's revised guidelines for COVID-19 last week, which includes mandatory mask wearing for all grades from pre-kinderg...
Nov 29, 2020
Positive case of COVID-19 found at École St. Mary High School
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a positive COVID-19 case at cole St. Mary High School yesterday evening.According to a media release from the Prince Albert Catholic School Division, t...
Nov 27, 2020
Hundreds of Chromebooks purchased for online learning in Stanley Mission
Students in Stanley Mission will continue learning from home at least until after the Christmas break. That's according to Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School Principal Melanie Beatty, who ...
Nov 26, 2020