Education

Back-to-back for Birch Hills, silver for Annaheim at boys volleyball provincials

A handful of hardware is coming back to northeast Saskatchewan after boys provincial volleyball championships on the weekend.From Nov. 22 to 23, teams from all over competed for gold in their respecti...

Nov 25, 2019 Birch Hills won their second straight provincial title on the weekend. (Submitted Photo/Shannon Vey)

Kinistino School hosting family dance fundraiser for the school playground

Kinistino School will be rocking Saturday night for a good cause.The Family Dance Fundraiser will be held at the sport complex gym, starting at 7 p.m.The event is raising money for the Kinistino Schoo...

Nov 22, 2019 (submitted photo/Sheldon Larson)

Teachers' biggest challenge is classroom complexity says NDP candidate

A local teacher and provincial political candidate says the move to more complex classroom composition in recent years is the main concern for his colleagues in the Prince Albert area.Troy Parenteau, ...

Nov 22, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

Local school division receives provincial award

The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division has been recognized provincially.This week in Regina, the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) gave Saskatchewan Rivers the premier's award on behalf o...

Nov 20, 2019 The delegation from Saskatchewan Rivers School Division received the award in Regina this week. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan School Boards Association)

Important artifacts set to return home

Some Mtis artifacts are set to return to a northern community where they were originally made.The pieces include a beaded jacket, moccasins, both beaded and embroidered along with a number of others. ...

Nov 20, 2019 One of the items is a beaded jacket. (submitted photo/Sherry Soll)

Tisdale hosting 3A Boys volleyball provincials

Last week was the girls' volleyball provincials, and this week, it's the boys' turn.Tisdale Middle and Secondary School (TMSS) is hosting the 3A Boys provincials, starting on Friday.Coach David Painch...

Nov 20, 2019 (Facebook/Tisdale Middle and Secondary School)

From Carrot River to South Dakota: Gaja receives scholarship to play NCAA softball

The University of South Dakota (USD) women's softball team will have some northeast Saskatchewan flavour for their next season.Carrot River native Jaden Gaja received an athletic scholarship to play f...

Nov 19, 2019 (submitted photo/Crystal Gaja)

Students prepare to raise the curtain on latest stage production

Ecole St. Mary High School's latest production is almost ready to go.This year, students are performing a stage play rendition of 1984, inspired by the famous George Orwell novel. School drama directo...

Nov 19, 2019 Students were preparing the set Monday afternoon for dress rehearsal. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Continued success for Rose Valley, drought ended for Nipawin at girls volleyball provincials

Girls provincial volleyball took place across the province over the weekend and a few local teams were able to earn some hardware.The 1A tournament had Muenster as the hosts, but it was Rose Valley th...

Nov 18, 2019 Rose Valley won their fourth straight provincial title over the weekend in 1A provincials. (submitted photo/Trevor Smith)

Horizon School Division celebrates grand opening of new central office building

It took nearly 10 months of use before they could celebrate, but the Horizon School Division held its grand opening for its new central office building.The building on Eighth Avenue began construction...

Nov 15, 2019 MLA's and Horizon School Division Trustees line up to cut the ribbon in the division's new office building to officially open it. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)