Tag Archives: Education
New school year brings Northwest division's first specialized classroom pilot to Turtleford
When students return to Turtleford Community School this September, they'll find a brand-new specialized support classroom - the first for the Northwest School Division.The division oversees 22 school...
Aug 22, 2025
Zoning change to allow new francophone school on Monday council agenda
A zoning change to allow for a new Conseil des coles Francophones (CF) school in the West Hill is on city council's Monday agenda. First reading for a zoning amendment to change the land use from medi...
Aug 22, 2025
North East School Division getting ready for upcoming school year
As students prepare their back-to-school gear, so too is the North East School Division. Director of Education Stacy Lair said a new school year beginning is always exciting. The division has been wor...
Aug 21, 2025
NLSD short 33 teachers as start of school year nears
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) is short 33 teachers as the academic year is set to begin in less than two weeks. While a teacher shortage has been a continuous issue for Northern Lights fo...
Aug 20, 2025
Canadian universities are adopting AI tools, but concerns about the technology remain
Canadian universities are embracing generative artificial intelligence in their teaching plans as more students and instructors opt to use the rapidly evolving technology. Several large institutions, ...
Aug 19, 2025
First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site
SECHELT - An 18-month investigation at a former residential school site in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast has found more evidence of children who disappeared there, the area's First Nation says. Th...
Aug 15, 2025
Concordia University students launch rocket from northern Quebec
MONTREAL - Students at Concordia University in Montreal have pulled off what they're calling the first attempted space launch in Canada this century. Early Friday morning, they launched a rocket from ...
Aug 15, 2025
Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina
Parissa Ahmadi says the least worst thing that could happen if she doesn't make it to Saskatchewan this summer, and is deported to Afghanistan, is that she's jailed and tortured. The worst thing - she...
Aug 15, 2025
'Great relief': After uncertainty, Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall
TORONTO - Thomas Mete says he is feeling "great relief" now that he knows he'll be returning to Harvard University to finish the last year of his degree, after a tumultuous summer of limbo. "I can't w...
Aug 15, 2025
Sask. Polytech confirms layoffs as a result of lower immigration numbers
A 'significant decline' in international student registration has led to the layoff of 14 staff at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school, which has campuses across Saskatchewan with one in Prince Alber...
Aug 08, 2025