Tag Archives: Education
Horizon School Division teachers off job for the day
A local school division has been affected by the rotating teachers' strike.Teachers in the Horizon School Division, which includes schools in a wide area from Humboldt to Foam Lake, are off the job on...
Feb 01, 2024
P.A. teachers back to the picket line as MLAs say a fair deal is on the table
Saskatchewan teachers are, once again, on the picket lines as a series of rotating strikes begins Thursday.Thousands of students are being affected at several school divisions in the province includin...
Feb 01, 2024
'Preserving kids' choices': Alberta premier says transgender rules coming in fall
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says changes underpinning new policies surrounding transgender youth will come in the fall legislature sitting, and she isn't ruling out using the Charter's notwithstand...
Feb 01, 2024
Stories of resilience and music to start Aboriginal Storytelling Month in P.A.
February will begin with a host of activities to mark Aboriginal Storytelling Month.One of those first events happens at Sask Polytech in Prince Albert where Plains Cree storyteller and flute player J...
Jan 31, 2024
Free program teaches 'cultural humility' to begin February 1 at North Battleford Library
A free program to help the community learn cultural humility will be offered over the month of February at the North Battleford Library."We're just talking about being sensitive towards different cult...
Jan 31, 2024
Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse
TORONTO - Canada's largest school board approved on Wednesday a revision to its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada. A...
Jan 31, 2024
North West College opens new location at Frontier Centre Mall
North West College's Battlefords Campus has expanded, launching a new location for classrooms at the Frontier Centre Mall in North Battleford.The college held an opening ceremony at the site, located ...
Jan 30, 2024
Provinces knew the deal when they signed on to $10-a-day child care: Liberal minister
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories had their "eyes wide open" when they signed on to the federal $10-a-day child-care program, says Families Minister Jenna Sudds. Her assertion that they must now make...
Jan 29, 2024
Eby invokes Taylor Swift as B.C. launches services to crack down on intimate images
OTTAWA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the recent sharing of fake intimate images of pop star Taylor Swift proves no one is immune from such "attacks," as the province launches new services ...
Jan 29, 2024
Teachers Federation announces rotating strikes starting Thursday
More teacher strikes will be coming to Saskatchewan schools in just a matter of days.On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) announced a series of rotating full-day strikes will take pla...
Jan 29, 2024