Tag Archives: Education
Search and Rescue teams visit White City area for training
Ian McNeil's first mission as a search and rescue volunteer in La Loche 37 years ago was to find a missing friend he had met just one month earlier.That friend had gone canoeing on a hunting trip and ...
Mar 09, 2019 Search and Rescue volunteers from all across Saskatchewan came to the White City area on March 9 for a training exercise. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks
Sask Polytechnic honours Indigenous students
Indigenous students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus were honoured Friday.In the school's gym, they along with their families sat and listened to speeches from a number of administra...
Mar 08, 2019 Desiree Dreaver spoke about her experience at Sask Poly in P.A. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Cumberland College hands out nearly $90,000 in scholarships
Many students in the northeast received some help with their post-secondary education on Thursday, March 7.Cumberland College held their annual Awards Ceremony at the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort. I...
Mar 08, 2019 A total of 66 students were awarded 78 scholarships at the Cumberland College Awards Ceremony. (submitted photo/Cumberland College)
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