Tag Archives: Education
North West College's Battlefords campus temporarily closed due to burst pipe
The deep freeze caused a pipe to burst at North West College's Battlefords campus Monday, resulting in some flooding on the main floor. The building was closed the same day and will continue to be thr...
Jan 16, 2024
North East teachers find support in one-day strike
(submitted photo/Jessica Griffin)Teachers across the North East School Division found some public support today as they held their one-day strike, announced last week. Dave Rogers, president of the No...
Jan 16, 2024
P.A. teachers picket for one day at Cornerstone
The Cornerstone shopping area in Prince Albert saw a lot of foot traffic, honking and handmade signs today as the teachers from 45 schools held a one-day strike. Jean-Marc Belliveau, president of Prin...
Jan 16, 2024
North Battleford-Meadow Lake teachers hit the streets for teachers' strike
Despite the frigid temperatures of -27 and -42 with the windchill, teachers in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area took to the streets for a one-day province-wide teachers' strike today.The Saskatche...
Jan 16, 2024
A four-part series on horse ownership coming to Meadow Lake
The first session of an open forum on horse ownership is trotting up to Meadow Lake this weekend.The idea came up when a number of Kelly Friedrich's riding students approached her about buying horses....
Jan 16, 2024
Canada's new research security rules target institutions in China, Iran, Russia
OTTAWA - The federal government will not bankroll sensitive scientific research tied to dozens of schools, institutes and labs in China, Iran and Russia under new restrictions announced Tuesday. Among...
Jan 16, 2024
Sask. teachers hit the picket line Tuesday in one-day strike
Saskatchewan education minister Jeremy Cockrill isn't happy to see teachers walk off the job in a one-day, province-wide strike Tuesday."It's disappointing it's gotten to this point," said Cockrill."I...
Jan 16, 2024
Ottawa worried about 'chill' in ethnic communities over research security: memos
OTTAWA - Federal officials were wary of creating a chill within ethnic communities and rattling Canada's bilateral relations as they fleshed out next steps to secure vital scientific research, interna...
Jan 16, 2024
P.A. child care spaces unable to help families during one-day teacher strike
It's an answer parents and guardians are getting from child care spaces across the province: we can't help you on Tuesday.The reason they're asking is because of the one-day strike involving teachers,...
Jan 15, 2024
Classes cancelled in Air Ronge, La Ronge on Tuesday due to provincial strike
Teachers in the tri-communities, as well as from Weyakwin, will be protesting outside La Ronge's Mistasinhk Place on Tuesday as part of a province-wide one-day strike.That means classes at Churchill C...
Jan 15, 2024