Tag Archives: Education
Horizon School Division anticipating similar enrolment numbers for 2025-26
Enrolment numbers for Horizon School Division are expected to be similar in the fall. Director of Education Kevin Garinger told northeastNOW enrolment for the current school year started at just under...
Jan 29, 2025
Horizon School Division taking collaborative approach on change room policy
The Horizon School Division is working to develop a policy on change room use. Last week, the provincial government directed all divisions to develop and implement policies. Horizon's Director of Educ...
Jan 28, 2025
School divisions look to align policies with province directive on change rooms
Prince Albert school divisions will soon begin navigating a directive from the province to create their own change room policies.Last Thursday, the province announced it will require divisions to crea...
Jan 28, 2025
'Simple but meaningful': Library inspires kids to grow with nature through partnership program
The Lakeland Library Region's Neighborhood Forest Program will once again provide free trees this year, continuing its commitment to nurturing environmental awareness in the next generation. In collab...
Jan 28, 2025
Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat
MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity...
Jan 28, 2025
Quebec police chiefs calling for increased caution in school zones as accidents rise
MONTREAL - The association representing Quebec's police chiefs is sounding the alarm that collisions involving children transported by school bus are on the rise, reaching levels not seen since before...
Jan 27, 2025
Auschwitz survivors fear rising hate could bring on another Holocaust 80 years later
KRAKOW - As she prepared to return to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Miriam Ziegler vividly recalled how it felt to be a little girl orphaned by the Nazis and left alone in a world ruined by war. Eight...
Jan 27, 2025
Auschwitz survivor says he was alarmed by Elon Musk's gesture at Trump event
OTTAWA - A 95-year-old Holocaust survivor said Friday it's scary to see things he never thought he would see again - such as a powerful man like Elon Musk using a "German salute." David Moskovic, who ...
Jan 24, 2025
Sask. school divisions told to develop change room policies; Pride groups 'cautiously optimistic'
The provincial government has directed school divisions across Saskatchewan to develop and implement policies on change room use.The Ministry of Education announced Thursday the policies will be admin...
Jan 23, 2025
Winter storytelling continues Jan. 28-29
Floyd Favel wants to revive a winter tradition. "It was a common thing a generation or two ago where people would gather and they would get an elder to share sacred stories,' he said. "These stories a...
Jan 23, 2025