Tag Archives: Education
Pro-Palestinian encampment members say McGill's latest offer is 'laughable'
MONTREAL - Members of a pro-Palestinian encampment who have been occupying part of McGill University's downtown Montreal campus since April say the school's latest offer falls far short of what's need...
Jun 13, 2024
Only days left before Warkentin's retirement from Pre-Cam Community School
After nearly three decades as a teacher, Janet Warkentin only has days left before retirement. Warkentin started her position as a student services teacher at La Ronge's Pre-Cam Community School eight...
Jun 12, 2024
Carlton student garners $150K in scholarship money
A Grade 12 student from Carlton High School is getting a substantial financial boost ahead of his high school graduation.Sahas Mittal is the recipient of two major scholarships. First, he's won the Sc...
Jun 12, 2024
Clearwater River student wins bronze at national science fair
A graduating Grade 12 student from Clearwater River Dene Nation has returned to northern Saskatchewan with a bronze medal from a national science fair.Ava Haynes recently got back from Ottawa where sh...
Jun 11, 2024
McGill makes new offer to pro-Palestinian protesters occupying its downtown campus
MONTREAL - Montreal's McGill University is proposing to review its investments in weapons manufacturers and grant amnesty to protesting students as part of a new offer to members of a pro-Palestinian ...
Jun 11, 2024
'It's Alive': McKitrick students now published authors
The platypus had the students confused. In Kat Hillacre's Grade 4 classroom at McKitrick Community School, her pupils learn about different habitats around the world and the animals who live in them. ...
Jun 10, 2024
New school in Melfort on provincial waitlist
The North East School division remains on a waitlist to build a new school in Melfort. The division's plan is to replace Brunswick and Reynolds elementary schools with a new facility. Brunswick was bu...
Jun 10, 2024
Hundreds of uncertified teachers being used to fill shortages in Saskatchewan
It's well known that schools across the province and nation are struggling to fill teacher vacancies. What may be less known is the number of uncertified teachers working in Saskatchewan classrooms.Ac...
Jun 10, 2024
Canadian universities flag foreign influence registry's potential 'chilling effect'
OTTAWA - Canada's leading research universities warn that a proposed foreign influence transparency registry could have an unintended "chilling effect" on international partnerships, meaning Canada mi...
Jun 10, 2024
New Brunswick Gov. to intervene in Sask. pronoun policy case
The Government of New Brunswick plans to apply for intervenor status in the case against Saskatchewan's pronoun policyThe case has been making its way through the courts, and this winter a judge ruled...
Jun 09, 2024