Education

Nearly 10,000 sign online petition asking for a better back-to-school plan

Every few seconds, the dial on a Change.org petition turns, adding more signatures of support asking the Saskatchewan government to reconsider its Safe Schools Plan.So far, there are nearly 10,000 sig...

Aug 07, 2020

Sask. Rivers schools will innovate amid COVID protocols: Bratvold

The director of education for the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division said they are ready to welcome students back Sept. 1 and have measures in place to allay fears around the COVID-19 pandemic...

Aug 06, 2020

Mask Up for Education rally planned for Friday across province

Community rallies are taking place outside MLA offices across Saskatchewan Friday as part of the Mask up for Education campaign which highlights concerns about the province's plan to reopen schools am...

Aug 06, 2020

A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program

OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: March 6...

The Canadian Press Aug 06, 2020

Local school divisions have plans in place, following province's guidelines

School divisions across the province have each established their own back to school plans to follow the province's guidelines outlined in the Saskatchewan Safe Schools plan to address COVID-19 precaut...

Aug 05, 2020

Northwest School Division lines up back-to-school plan with province

Northwest School Division (NWSD) #203 back to school plan has been released after the provincial government announced details for schools resuming class on Sept. 1. In March due to COVID-19, the gover...

Aug 05, 2020

P.A. Catholic School Division doing everything possible ahead of new term

A local administrator is confident everything is being done to prepare for the start of the new school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and thinks it's important preparations are being handled at the l...

Aug 05, 2020

No surprises for NESD in provincial return to school plan

On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Government of Saskatchewan unveiled its Safe Return to School Plan, and now school divisions have more clarity as to what school will look like come September.The North East Sc...

Aug 05, 2020

Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...

Aug 05, 2020

‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan

The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...

Aug 05, 2020