Tag Archives: Education
Northlands names Cultural Centre after renown writer Tomson Highway
Northlands College is naming its Cultural Centre at the Creighton Campus in honour of Tomson Highway, an acclaimed Canadian author, playwright, and advocate for Indigenous culture.This dedication is m...
Sep 27, 2024
Anishinaabe elder uses online video to pass along love of language to children
Barbara Nolan, an Anishnaabe elder on a mission to promote her nation's language, says she loves to hear stories about how her work is influencing children. Nolan launched a series of online videos la...
Sep 27, 2024
Northlands breaks ground on new shop, unveils modernized nursing lab
It was a busy day for Northlands College on Wednesday as they performed a sod turning ceremony for a new shop, as well as unveiled a new modernized nursing lab. The new shop, which has the primary pur...
Sep 26, 2024
Site chosen for new francophone school in Prince Albert
An area near the Alfred Jenkins Field House in Prince Albert, will one day be home to a new francophone school in Prince Albert.The site location was confirmed Wednesday in a joint press release from ...
Sep 25, 2024
NB daycare asking city council for help following speeding and 'near misses'
Like every other school zone, the speed limit on 19th Avenue from Holy Family School to North Battleford Early Learning Centre is 30 km/hr, but some drivers are doing everything except follow the limi...
Sep 25, 2024
Tomson Highway attracts sold out crowd to La Ronge presentation
Renown Cree writer Tomson Highway is in La Ronge this week as part of Northlands College's annual Culture Days. He began his visit on Monday with a special presentation held at Churchill Community Hig...
Sep 24, 2024
'Colonialist mentality:' Indigenous groups challenge Quebec over new history museum
QUEBEC CITY - Several Indigenous groups are calling on the Quebec government to distance itself from the "colonialist mentality" as it designs a new $92-million history museum project in the provincia...
Sep 24, 2024
Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out new world of cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recen...
Sep 24, 2024
Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...
Sep 23, 2024
'Plywood Palace' no longer: JP II reopens with Moe and Cockrill
A historic North Battleford building that has served the community for 112 years and has seen thousands of the community's children walk through its halls for generations officially reopened Monday.Jo...
Sep 23, 2024