Tag Archives: Education
SGI encouraging drivers to turn on their lights
Turn on your lights.A caller into the northeastNOW newsroom Tuesday morning said she almost struck two vehicles during some snowy weather because their lights were not on.Saskatchewan Government Insur...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
P.A. high school set to host regional competition
cole St. Mary High School is set to host athletes from all over the province this coming weekend.The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association Regional High School Wrestling Tournament will begin ...
Feb 25, 2020 École St. Mary High School will be hosting wrestlers from all over the province this weekend. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Teachers sanctions vote historic: P.A. local union president
The president of the Prince Albert and Area Teachers' Association is calling the overwhelming vote for sanctions an historic moment.Ted Zurakowski was speaking to the 90 per cent of Saskatchewan Teach...
Feb 24, 2020 Ted Zurakowski, the president of the P.A. and Area Teachers' Association, calls the 90 per cent job sanctions vote historic. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
'The first black doctor on the Prairies': a look at Dr. Shadd during Black History Month in Canada
February is Black History Month in Canada, and one of the most fascinating local historical figures is Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd.The Melfort and District Museum has a large collection of information ab...
Feb 24, 2020 (submitted photo/Melfort and District Museum)
Duo hopes to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to P.A.
A pair of Prince Albert residents are looking to start a local chapter of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.The 25-year-old program has made the country music star a champion of early childhood liter...
Feb 19, 2020 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)
Aboriginal Storytelling with Leah Dorion
It is Aboriginal Storytelling Month in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Writers Guild and the Mann Art Gallery hosted Mtis artist and writer Leah Dorion to share her gift on Saturday.Dorion, who was rais...
Feb 16, 2020 Leah Dorion reads her children's book at the Mann Art Gallery on Satuday. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Transport Canada to launch school bus seatbelt pilots in Sudbury, Ont., and B.C.
OTTAWA - Some kids who take the bus to school in British Columbia and Sudbury, Ont., can expect to buckle up as part of a new seatbelt pilot project announced by the federal government on Friday.Trans...
Feb 15, 2020 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
City considers Rivier Academy site for Francophone school
Prince Albert's French speaking community may soon have a new school. Members of the P.A. French Canadian Society said they are continuing to work on finding a replacement for their current school bui...
Feb 14, 2020 The site of the former Rivier Academy is being considered for a planned Francophone school in P.A. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Conciliation report urges teachers, government to meet on classroom issues
Teachers and the government are not on the same page in terms of writing classroom size and composition into a contract, but both sides agree on the urgency of meeting to address those issues beyond t...
Feb 13, 2020 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Snowmobile journey in northern Sask. aims to raise PTSD awareness
A snowmobile trek across northern Saskatchewan next week will focus on raising awareness of the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Erik Foster of Colonsay and his 15-year-old son, Kaine...
Feb 12, 2020 Erik Foster of Colonsay will set out on a snowmobile journey across northern Saskatchewan next week to spread awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.(Submitted photo/Erik Foster)
