Tag Archives: Education
Quebec moves more regions to maximum COVID alert as province reports 1,078 new cases
MONTREAL - Authorities moved most of the cities along the St. Lawrence River between Quebec City and Montreal to the highest COVID-19 alert level Thursday, as the government pleaded with people to sta...
Oct 08, 2020
COVID-19 diagnoses closes Southend school
Reindeer Lake School in Southend closed Wednesday after a case of coronavirus was diagnosed in an individual at the facility.That's according to a letter addressed to parents by Principal Gail Clarke,...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. teachers share experiences about return to school in new survey
Nine in 10 teachers in a survey say it has been difficult to maintain social distancing since the return of school in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) heard from 2,108 people o...
Oct 07, 2020
Leask student named to provincial Youth Council
A Grade 12 student from Leask Community School is among 12 young people from across Saskatchewan selected to serve on the 2020-21 provincial Youth Council.Dahnis Duquette and her fellow council member...
Oct 07, 2020
Liberals, NDP block Conservative effort to have prorogation study include WE affair
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have blocked an effort by the Conservatives to get the WE Charity affair probed ahead of a study into why the Liberals prorogued Parliament. The government must...
Oct 06, 2020
Teachers learn that online classes for foreign students come with geopolitical snags
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In the midst of the summer scramble to get courses online at Memorial University in St. John's, Sonja Knutson realized there were political implications to remote learning she hadn'...
Oct 04, 2020
Wind instruments not in use but band still plays
Carlton High School, along with all other schools in Saskatchewan that have a music room, are following a province wide protocol set by the Government of Saskatchewan to not allow regular use of wind ...
Oct 02, 2020
New institute to shine spotlight on Canada's little known history of slavery
MONTREAL - Charmaine Nelson wagers that if you asked people in cities across Canada what they know about the history of slavery in this country, most would be surprised to hear that the practice even ...
Oct 02, 2020
Teachers worried about their health, quality of education as they deal with COVID-19
OTTAWA - Kelly Main says she has never felt as exhausted and stressed during her 27 years of teaching high school as she has since returning to the classroom this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.As ...
Oct 01, 2020
Battlefords provincial candidates excited to campaign for the community
With the writ dropped on election season in Saskatchewan, the two candidates for the legislative assembly are out to win over the residents of their community.NDP's Stewart focused on community engage...
Sep 30, 2020