Tag Archives: Education
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
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