Tag Archives: Education
KidsFirst North hosting literacy carnivals throughout northern Saskatchewan
KidsFirst North will launch a literacy carnival tour this month after receiving a $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Education.The events are being organized by community development manager Tina Robe...
Mar 07, 2019 There will be literacy carnivals in 11 northern communities starting this month. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus
Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...
Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Churchill students snowshoe to remote cabin for land-based education
Students at Churchill Community High School in La Ronge are being educated on subjects they can't learn in any classroom. Earlier this week, Grade 7 students were the first group from the school to jo...
Mar 06, 2019 Students have been visiting Churchill Community High School's cabin this week. (Facebook/Churchill Community High School)
Rally for emergency responders planned for Thursday
Local residents travelling through the Blaine Lake area Thursday evening will want to look out for emergency responders taking part in the Light Up the Night Rally.The second annual event aims to rais...
Mar 06, 2019 The annual Light up the Night Rally will take place Thursday in Blaine Lake. (submitted photo/Karleigh Warkentin) : Angela Brown
'A meaningful and worry-free life': RCMP present End Gang Life project
With the End Gang Life pilot project concluding soon, La Ronge RCMP community program officer Alex Turcotte wants students to know anyone is susceptible to joining a gang and there is a way out. In re...
Mar 05, 2019 Community program officer Alex Turcotte has been leading the End Gang Life presentations. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
‘Baby Bookworms’ aims to get babies’ vocabulary started
One of Melfort Public Library's traditional events is back for another year.Baby Bookworms is a 30 minute program, which lasts for six weeks on Mondays during the spring and autumn months.The goal for...
Mar 05, 2019 Parents and caregivers bring their infants to the Melfort Public Library for Baby Bookworms, a program which aims to build babies' communication skills (Facebook/Melfort Public Library).
Area farmers discuss stress, reducing carbon footprint during round table
Farm stress, reducing the carbon footprint, and seed royalties were among issues raised during a round-table talk Friday.Area farmers had a chance to sound off to provincial agriculture and environmen...
Mar 02, 2019 Cochin producer George Ferguson, left, Cut Knife producer Ed Pedersen, centre, and agriculture and environment critic Yens Pedersen, NDP MLA (Regina Northeast), share ideas following Pedersen’s round-table meeting at the Don Ross Centre on Friday. : Angela Brown
Remembering the exploits of a ship named Waskesiu
This article draws much of its information from a Facebook post written by historian Mark Gaillard.It was 75 years ago this week the HMCS Waskesiu became the first Canadian frigate to sink a German U-...
Mar 02, 2019 River Class Frigate HMCS Waskesiu K330 , circa 1944. (Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 4950913) : Glenn Hicks
NB celebrates Francophonie Week
Local members of the Francophone community were in a festive mood outside city hall Friday for the official start of Francophonie Week in North Battleford. cole Pre Mercure students, and Centre franco...
Mar 01, 2019 École Père Mercure students and supporters gather outside city hall Friday to raise the Fransaskois flag to mark Francophonie Week in North Battleford. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown
Library circulation down slightly but e-resources, programming strong
The North Battleford library has seen some impact in its numbers as a result of downtown construction last summer, but overall, it has performed well in 2018, based on the board's latest report.Librar...
Mar 01, 2019 North Battleford library’s 2018 year-end numbers saw a slight impact from last summer’s construction work downtown but overall had a good year. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown