Tag Archives: Education
P.A. businesses adapting to changing COVID landscape
Prince Albert businesses are making moves to accommodate the change of season amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the new reality of a return to school for children and the increased transmission r...
Sep 11, 2020
Edwards Co-op Student Program offers unique opportunity for local businesses
For the last 13 years, the Edwards School of Business Co-op Student Program has been offering a helping hand to local businesses around the region, including the Battlefords. Designed as a mutually be...
Sep 10, 2020
B.C. parents calling for remote learning options, fear kids will lose spots
VANCOUVER - Parents keeping their children home from schools that offer limited or no remote learning options are concerned spots in speciality programs could be lost unless the Br...
Sep 10, 2020
La Ronge schools set for very different start
Not unlike other cities across the province, smaller than expected numbers of kids are showing up as the staggered start to the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) year gets underway around La Rong...
Sep 09, 2020
University of Saskatchewan sees increase in enrollment
Enrollment at the University of Saskatchewan is on track to be the highest ever.Alison Pickrell, assistant vice-provost of strategic enrollment management for the U of S says there is a two per cent j...
Sep 09, 2020
Battlefords area school divisions report good first day back to school in COVID-19 era
Battlefords area school divisions are reporting a successful first day return to school without any apparent hiccups during the COVID-19 pandemic.For Light of Christ Catholic School Division Education...
Sep 09, 2020
Early absenteeism in P.A. schools a concern: administrator
It is still very early days in the new school year but a Prince Albert administrator says what appears to be an unusually high rate of absenteeism is a concern.paNOW has heard of very low attendances ...
Sep 09, 2020
WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving
OTTAWA - WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-voluntee...
Sep 09, 2020
Some B.C. students wary as they prepare for COVID-19 orientation this week
VANCOUVER - Students across British Columbia are getting ready for COVID-19 orientation sessions this week amid a flurry of new protocols aimed at reopening schools while the pandemic wears on. Educat...
Sep 09, 2020
Thousands of students return to schools as new COVID-19 cases emerge
Multiple provinces reported COVID-19 cases linked to schools just as thousands more students returned to class Tuesday, raising fears over what's in store for a segment of the population largely ...
Sep 08, 2020