Tag Archives: Education
'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay
Ruby Remenda Swanson says she never thought her hometown high school would be the only place to bar her from sharing her family's story.Remenda Swanson says she's been to dozens of places in Canada, i...
Dec 14, 2023
'A lot of happy faces': Santa in the North delivers 1,400 gifts to remote communities
Christmas is known as the season of giving and the Santa in the North initiative is doing just that while providing a meaningful impact to children in five remote, northern communities. Santa Claus, S...
Dec 07, 2023
English River's Tenille Campbell new indigenous Storyteller In-Residence at USask
Tenille Campbell has chosen female empowerment as her overarching theme after being named to the University Library Indigenous Storyteller In-Residence at the University of Saskatchewan. "I'm really e...
Dec 07, 2023
New campus project is shovel ready, says FNUniv
The Prince Albert Grand Council is looking to raise $5 million as it eyes the likelihood of a new campus being built in the city for the First Nations University. Grande Chief Brian Hardlotte is excit...
Nov 30, 2023
Education billboards have STF 'frustrated'
Several new billboards have popped up around Saskatchewan that have education advocates "getting more and more frustrated."The two new billboards in North Battleford tout governmental statistics on ed...
Nov 29, 2023
Trying to be heard - Carlton student interviews dad to inspire peers beyond school
At 17, Marley McDonald is finishing her final year of secondary education at Carlton Comprehensive in Prince Albert and is busy planning her adult life. However, when she looked around at her fellow s...
Nov 28, 2023
New podcast features life and times in Northern Sask.
Northlands College launched the podcast series Northern Voices on Monday.The series, an in-house production, is designed to uncover untold stories of strength, culture, and resilience that shape the v...
Nov 28, 2023
Nursing loan forgiveness expands to Prince Albert and beyond
Prince Albert and the Battlefords are among the new communities that will have student nurses and nurse practitioners eligible for student loan forgiveness.The program works by having the province for...
Nov 24, 2023
Charges stayed in French Canadian Society of Prince Albert fraud case
A man accused of stealing over $15,000 from the French Canadian Society of Prince Albert (SCFPA), said he knew for a long time he would be cleared of any wrongdoing.That's according to Kim Arial, the ...
Nov 15, 2023
Moe says he doesn't know how teachers would be punished for not following pronoun law
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he doesn't know how teachers would be punished if they don't follow the province's pronoun law. Moe told reporters Tuesday it would be up to school divisions to out...
Nov 15, 2023
