Tag Archives: Education
Government of Canada and Saskatchewan invest $71.3 million in childcare centre spaces
Over 5,000 childcare centre spaces will be allocated across Saskatchewan over the next year. The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have committed to investing $71.3 million throughout 2024-25."Th...
Aug 30, 2024
Province invests in tuition-free early childhood educator training to address daycare demand
A child care provider from the Battlefords is hoping a government incentive to provide tuition-free early childhood educator (ECE) training will help alleviate a shortage of workers and daycare spaces...
Aug 29, 2024
Free bus rides on first day of school
The wheels on Prince Albert transit buses will turn for free on the first day school. The city is once again allowing free rides on September 3 as students head back to class. Following that, students...
Aug 28, 2024
Tourism Saskatchewan partners with online education to support students learning about industry
Tourism Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre (Sask DLC) have reached a new agreement to support Grade 10-12 students learning about the province's tourism industry through online...
Aug 28, 2024
More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Saskatchewan by military historian
They are hidden pieces of history scattered throughout Saskatchewan.Fallout shelters, also known as Fallout Reporting Posts (FRPs) were built during the Cold War to thwart the effects of a nuclear att...
Aug 27, 2024
Moosomin First Nation celebrates opening of new K-12 school
It's been years in the making and now the ribbon has been cut on a new school for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students on Moosomin First Nation, about 30 kilometres north of North Battleford.Chief Cheryl...
Aug 20, 2024
Local First Nations gather to heal and empower the future
The First Nations communities in Saskatchewan have united in annual gatherings to heal from the past and embrace the future. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and Mosquito Grizzly ...
Aug 19, 2024
Banning phones in school not a one-size-fits-all solution: U of S professor
Like most school superintendents across the province, Garette Tebay is waiting for more directive from the provincial government when it comes to the recently announced ban on cell phone use across K-...
Aug 16, 2024
Teachers, province arbitration set for December
Four days in December have been set aside for a contract arbitration hearing between the Saskatchewan Teacher's Federation and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee. The hearing will run from De...
Aug 08, 2024
School board association says cellphone ban not a high priority
While the president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association agrees that distraction-free classrooms are important, Jaimie Smith-Windsor said the new school cellphone ban was not "high on the pri...
Aug 08, 2024
