Tag Archives: Education
COVID-19 case in North Battleford school
Living Sky School Division has released a statement, saying an individual from McKitrick Community School in North Battleford was diagnosed with COVID-19.The division is working with the public and st...
Nov 09, 2020
Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study
HALIFAX - Humans first caught the virus that causes COVID-19 from animals and research now suggests it could also be the other way around. A study published Monday in the journal Science of the Total ...
Nov 09, 2020
Monday classes cancelled for Living Sky School Division
The severe weather that brought heavy snowfall and gusting winds throughout the weekend has forced the Living Sky School Division (LSSD) to close schools on Monday, Nov. 9.In a media release issued Su...
Nov 08, 2020
Heavy snow prompts school cancellations
UPDATE: This story was amended Monday morning.The unusually heavy early winter snowfall has prompted the Prince Albert Catholic School Division to cancel all classes at all schools Monday.In a media r...
Nov 08, 2020
Veterans connect with students online in lead-up to pandemic-era Remembrance Day
Gulf War veteran Bob Crane has been busy in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, adjusting his classroom presentations to an array of online platforms. Crane, a retired Army major who volunteers a...
Nov 07, 2020
Kamala Harris's Canadian classmates celebrate after her vice-presidential win
MONTREAL - Kamala Harris became the first woman and first person of colour elected vice-president of the United States on Saturday, a victory that holds a special meaning for her former schoolmates an...
Nov 07, 2020
'This shouldn't happen to anyone's child': mother calls for changes, after daughter struck by truck
A Prince Albert woman, whose teenage daughter was hit by a truck Thursday afternoon, just moments after stepping off the school bus, believes the collision could have been easily prevented if the scho...
Nov 06, 2020
Living Sky honours retiring board members
It was a night of many goodbyes at Living Sky School Division this week. The division honoured five retiring board members for their service with dinner, a gift and a video presentation, while also fo...
Nov 05, 2020
Arctic animals showing climate adaptation, but it may be causing declines: study
A huge new archive of how animals move across the Arctic from season to season gives the clearest picture yet of how species from eagles to caribou are evolving in the face of climate change and hints...
Nov 05, 2020
Race in Subdivision Two, all others acclaimed for NESD
With the municipal election approaching on Nov. 9, school board elections come along with it.In the North East School Division (NESD), there are a total of eight subdivisions that will have a board re...
Nov 05, 2020