Tag Archives: Education
Project Hot Paws makes special pre-Christmas delivery
An initiative by the Prince Albert Kinsmen Club, will help ensure hundreds of the city's youth have warm hands this winter when they play in the snow.As part of the fifth annual Touques & Mitts fo...
Dec 09, 2021
Prince Albert schools prepare to host vaccine clinics
With the impending arrival of over 112,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) plans to offer immunizations in more than 100 schools.Within the Saskatchewan Rivers Sch...
Nov 23, 2021
U of S student 'uncertain' with looming winter vaccine policy
A University of Saskatchewan student doesn't know what her education will look like in the new year, but as of right now, it won't be in person. The third-year student said she's concerned with the un...
Nov 22, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
International learning experience available for Indigenous and low-income Sask-Poly students
Saskatchewan Polytechnic has announced they are partnering with the Global Skills Opportunity program to provide Indigenous and low-income students more global learning experiences.Global Skills is th...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents and school officials react
Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children between the age...
Nov 19, 2021
Paper Excellence announces scholarship for Sask. Polytech students
The company set to reopen the Prince Albert pulp mill continues to invest in the community.Paper Excellence is donating $50,000 to Saskatchewan Polytechnic to create a student awards scholarship progr...
Nov 19, 2021
Education minister defends policy on extracurricular vaccinations
Saskatchewan's education minister is defending a policy that would allow unvaccinated teenagers to play sports with other students, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.Earlier this week, in a letter sen...
Nov 19, 2021
SRPSD enrolment numbers surpass pre-pandemic levels
The Saskatchewan River's Public School Division (SRPSD) hasn't seen this many students enrolled in their schools since 2017.In highlights from their meeting Monday night, the Board of Education noted ...
Nov 10, 2021
Moose on the loose hoofs it into a Saskatoon school
It wasn't just students running to make the morning school bell.A moose ended up inside a Saskatoon school Thursday morning after crashing through a window at Sylvia Fedoruk School in Evergreen."A moo...
Nov 04, 2021
P.A. family fights to uphold in school mask exemption for autistic son
Issues surrounding a mask exemption have prevented a 10-year-old boy with autism from attending school this year.Rob McKnight said his son Cale's autism makes it difficult to wear a mask.When the mask...
Nov 03, 2021
