Tag Archives: Education
More COVID-19 restrictions eased as top doctor warns vaccine a ways off
Children played physically distanced games in a Quebec schoolyard and more Ontario shops began offering curbside pickup Monday as Canada's top doctor warned a COVID-19 vaccine is still a ways off. Que...
May 11, 2020
Quebec schools reopen with emphasis on physical distancing, hygiene
ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - Quebec schoolchildren were greeted by their teachers with smiles and squirts of hand sanitizer on Monday as the province became the first to reopen some schools foll...
May 11, 2020
School in the age of COVID-19: Quebec to reopen amid rigid distancing rules
MONTREAL - Quebec schoolchildren will be entering a vastly changed environment this week when they head back to classrooms that have been closed since mid-March because of COV...
May 10, 2020
Ottawa police seek exam answers following alleged paper pilfering
Ottawa police want the public's help with some vexing exam questions. The police service's criminal investigations unit is asking for assistance identifying two men who are allegedly responsible ...
May 08, 2020
Saskatchewan students will continue to learn from home
The provincial government has made it official; students will not be returning to the classroom this school year and in-class learning has been suspended until at least September.In an email to Regina...
May 07, 2020 Education Minister Gordon Wyant says he is pleased with how supplemental learning has been going. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
School division launches Cree language program
A Cree kindergarten program, the first of its kind in Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division, is scheduled to begin in September at John Diefenbaker Public School.The first class will comprise of ...
May 06, 2020 Kindergarten learning materials in Cree. (submitted photo/Victor Thunderchild)
Local high schools plan for unique grad celebrations amid COVID-19 restrictions
As the spring season continues to roll along, and the summer months inch even closer, the subject of graduation has been a pressing one on the minds of staff and families alike at the local Battleford...
May 06, 2020 There may not be a traditional tossing of the caps for this year’s graduating class due to social distancing protocol and large group restrictions; but members of the NBCHS and JPII grad committees are going to do everything they can to make the day a special celebration for the 2020 graduating class (Facebook/JPII)
Carlton teachers connect to students with uplifting video
Inspired by scenes of quarantined Italians singing to each other on balconies and viral videos of celebrities crooning to John Lennon's 'Imagine', the staff at Carlton Comprehensive Public High School...
May 06, 2020 (Facebook/CCPHS)
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual places
OTTAWA - Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week. Brown counts himself among the lucky ones - luckier than many of his fri...
May 06, 2020
Public school board approves contribution to area fire department
The board for the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division has approved a donation to Buckland Fire and Rescue.At their meeting Monday evening the board voted to give the volunteer fire department a...
May 06, 2020 Firefighters from Buckland Fire and Rescue doing vehicle rescue training. (Facebook/Buckland Fire and Rescue)