Tag Archives: Education
U of S gets big donation for P.A. campus
The University of Saskatchewan College of Dentistry has been given a donation of over $1 million, which will be going to the new campus in Prince Albert.The gift is from Toronto based dentalcorp, whic...
Sep 12, 2019 The campus will be at the Forest Centre in downtown Prince Albert (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Montreal Lake students assist biologists with fish study
There's something fishy going on with the lake trout population at Kingsmere Lake, and biologists have been working hard to get to the bottom of it with some help from students at Senator Allen Bird M...
Sep 09, 2019 Over a dozen students from Senator Allen Memorial Bird School at Montreal Lake went on a special field trip last Friday. (submitted photo/Rae Kingdon)
Local volunteer wins literacy award
Local volunteer of the Prince Albert Literacy Network LaVera Schiele is the 2019 Council of the Federation Literacy Award (COFLA) winner.Schiele told paNOW she feels very humbled and honoured to win t...
Sep 07, 2019 (submitted photo/LaVera Schiele)
Saskatchewan schools offering robotics classes
Knowledge of coding is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century job market, and the Saskatchewan government is trying to make sure students in the province are ready.Courses in robotics and...
Sep 06, 2019 A robot built by high school students from Île-à-la-Crosse (file photo/paNOW staff)
St.Francis school opening delayed to Thursday
A further one day delay has been announced regarding the start to the academic year at St.Francis School. This follows the damage caused by a water main break last week.In a media release issued by Pr...
Sep 03, 2019 A water main break caused extensive damage to St.Francis school and has forced a further delay to the start of the new year.(Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan schools not looking at official broad ban on cellphones in class
While there's no cemented rules on cellphones in Saskatchewan classrooms, administrators are keeping an eye on Ontario counterparts as new rules are set to take effect this November. The Ontario Minis...
Sep 03, 2019 Ontario students beginning in November, will be limited in how they can use their
phones. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Speaker discusses importance of reconciliation
Kevin Lamoureaux credits survivors of the country's residential school system for working to start dialogue on reconciliation in Canada."It's a gift given to us by survivors so we can allow Canada to ...
Sep 01, 2019 Kevin Lamoureaux speaks at the Ches Leach Lounge. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Skateboards and scooters donated to West Flat schools
Students at Westview, St. Michael and Queen Mary schools in Prince Albert have received a nice gift from Canadian Tire.Each school is getting 50 skate boards and 25 scooters. Former West flat resident...
Aug 30, 2019 Pictured here from left to right: Malcolm Jenkins, Charlene Miller, Cheryl Arcand, Donny Parenteau, Kari Korczak, and Darren McDougall. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Universities using technology to deliver mental health services
Students at University of Regina will have a new tool to help them deal with mental health concerns as they head back to school next week. A new text crisis line will connect students who message in w...
Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
St. Francis School start date delayed
Students at St. Francis School will get one more day of summer holidays.The school's start date has been pushed from Tuesday Sept. 3 to Wednesday Sept. 4A water main break is responsible for the delay...
Aug 29, 2019 St. Francis School (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
