Tag Archives: Education
Cumberland, Parkland College President and CEO getting comfortable in new position
The new President and Chief Executive Officer of Cumberland and Parkland Colleges coalition is settling into his new position.Dr. Mark Hoddenbagh started July 2 and has been out and about in the commu...
Jul 29, 2019 Mark Hoddenbagh visted 105 CJVR and Saskatchewan's New Beach Radio this week. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Alex Robertson Public Library hosts TD Summer Reading Club
Children who attend the TD Summer Reading Club at La Ronge's Alex Robertson Public Library could have literacy rates twice their grade level when classes begin in September."When you read a book, you ...
Jul 25, 2019 Program leader Lauren Laliberte reads to children in the library. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
U of S study researching impact of STC closure
A University of Saskatchewan graduate student is taking part in a research project about the impact on people from the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) two years ago.The provin...
Jul 25, 2019 A rally to save the STC was held in North Battleford in May, 2017. A University of Saskatchewan graduate student is currently working on a research project on the impact of the closure of the STC service two years ago. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Local health professionals promote hepatitis testing
This Sunday will mark World Hepatitis Day all over the world. This year's theme is Find the Missing Millions. In Prince Albert health-care providers are hoping to use the day to promote people getting...
Jul 25, 2019 Shelley Crawford, is hoping people will get tested for hepatitis C as World Hepatitis Day approaches (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Provincial Parks offer Saskatchewan Survivor Series courses
Those looking for more survival skill knowledge for the Saskatchewan backcountry would benefit from a course offered by the provincial parks.The Saskatchewan Survivor Series will be offering courses o...
Jul 24, 2019 Saskatchewan Provincial Parks are offering educational courses to the public this summer (Submitted Photograph/Government of Saskatchewan)
Friendship Centre breaks ground on new daycare facility
The Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre held a sod-turning ceremony to announce the start of a project to build a new daycare.Executive director Jackie Kennedy said it was a good time to lau...
Jul 23, 2019 The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre executive director (ED) Jackie Kennedy centre, with assistant to the executive director Kathy Whitford, left, and Shari Lessard, from the Ministry of Education Early Years branch, right, take part in a sod-turning ceremony Tuesday, at the site of a planned new daycare facility. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Water park wants people thinking safety
This week swimming pools across Canada are talking drowning prevention.National Drowning Prevention Week is put on by the Lifesaving Society and aims to get people talking and thinking about the issue...
Jul 22, 2019 ID 93785193 © Baramee Thaweesombat | Dreamstime.com
Red Cross hosts Indigenous Swim Program in Bells Point
The Canadian Red Cross has been working with Lac La Ronge Indian Band youth this week as part of its Indigenous Swim Program."It's really important for us to work with our Indigenous community partner...
Jul 18, 2019 The Red Cross Indigenous Swim Program occurred this week at Bells Point beach. (submitted photo/Tammy Cook-Searson)
Local producers encouraged to scout for clubroot
A small group of producers from the Prince Albert area were informed on Thursday that if they grow canola, they should be aware of clubroot.Crop Extension Specialist Allie Noble was among the presente...
Jul 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. researchers to study health benefits of Métis jigging
The fitness potential of traditional Mtis jigging is the subject of a new research project at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).Heather Foulds, assistant professor in the College of Kinesiology, ...
Jul 15, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)