Education

Rotating strikes having big impact on low income families, says Prince Albert community group

The executive director of Prince Albert's west flat citizens group says teachers away from work is having a big impact on the whole community, not the least of which being single parent families worki...

Feb 14, 2024

Saskatchewan teachers headed back to picket lines after talks break down

Saskatchewan teachers are going back on strike.In a media release Tuesday evening, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation announced that talks with the province's Government-Trustee Bargaining Committe...

Feb 13, 2024

New York language society welcomes Dene language teacher among their presenters

Allison Lemaigre remembers when she first became passionate about revitalizing her Dene language."When I was able to start teaching in the classroom like that and seeing how that I could teach in my o...

Feb 13, 2024

Four northern schools part of class support project

Two schools in Prince Albert and another two in the Battlefords area are among the eight schools in the province chosen to be part of a pilot project. St. John and Queen Mary Schools in Prince Albert ...

Feb 13, 2024

Sask. theatre group heads to P.A. to tackle tough issues with new play

A Saskatchewan theatre group is celebrating its 50th season with a production heading to several schools in the area this week.Saskatoon-based 25th Street Theatre has developed a new play called Luna ...

Feb 13, 2024

Minister was warned lifting international student work limit could undermine program

OTTAWA - Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective of temporary foreign worker programs, public servants warned th...

The Canadian Press Feb 13, 2024

St. Mary wrestlers tackle competition in Moose Jaw

The South Saskatchewan Wrestling Championships were held this past weekend in Moose Jaw and the team representing Prince Albert's St. Mary High School left a big impression on the mat.The team finishe...

Feb 12, 2024

Saskatchewan Colleges expecting to see more international students despite policy changes

Thanks to recent policy changes from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Suncrest College is expecting more international students in 2024.While the changes will reduce the overall nu...

Feb 09, 2024

Carpenter's Spartans head into this weekend tournament champs

The Carpenter High School proved to their opponents that leading into this weekend's basketball tournament why they bear the name of the feared fighting force of antiquity: Spartans. Last weekend, the...

Feb 09, 2024

Red Pheasant Cree Nation veteran to be honoured in Belgium with commemorative plaque

On an autumn day at the end of October 1917, a soldier fell near the Passchendaele Ridge. Now, 107 years after a sniper's bullet struck him down, Alexander Wuttunee Decoteau of Red Pheasant Cree Natio...

Feb 09, 2024