Tag Archives: Education
'Grim work:' Climate-change clock ticking on world's polar bears
The climate-change clock is ticking on the world's polar bears and a group of Canadian and U.S. scientists say they've determined when that time will run out. The researchers used data on shrinki...
Jul 20, 2020
Local community garden projects keep growing stronger
It seems more people are going green during the COVID-19 situation. Midwest Food Resources and the Battlefords Family Health Centre community garden projects continue to see a strong interest in the a...
Jul 16, 2020
NLSD submits plan for students returning to class in September
The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has submitted a draft plan to the provincial government detailing the precautions that will be in place when students return in September. That's according t...
Jul 16, 2020
Local school division getting ready for fall reopening
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is preparing for students to return this fall. Director of Education Lorel Trumier said when students return to class, the division will be asking them to br...
Jul 16, 2020
Great Plains College plans campus and online learning, tuition freeze for new school year
Students attending Great Plains College's campuses including the Biggar site in the fall will see some modifications as well as additional support for students, in response to the province's COVID-19 ...
Jul 16, 2020
PMO didn't direct me to choose WE for volunteer program: Chagger
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for a $912-million student volunteering program said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office didn't order her to make the agreement with WE Charity t...
Jul 16, 2020
Charities awaiting word on fate of $912M student-volunteer program
OTTAWA - Non-profit groups that wanted to use the Canada Student Service Grant to hire volunteers say they have not heard a peep from the federal government since WE Charity walked away from running t...
Jul 15, 2020
Concerns emerging about plans to reopen schools
The organization representing the province's teachers says members have concerns about return to school planning.In a media release sent out Monday the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) said a su...
Jul 14, 2020
Feds should have put $912M into Canada Summer Jobs program: Opposition
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are demanding to know why the Liberal government created a $900-million program to help students find volunteer positions rather than putting the much-needed funds ...
Jul 14, 2020
Students at St. Francis Xavier University protest wording of COVID-19 waiver
HALIFAX - A group of students, alumni and some staff at St. Francis Xavier University are pushing back against a legal waiver that students are required to sign if they want to return to cla...
Jul 13, 2020