Tag Archives: Education
'Swim to Survive' aims to teach students the basics of safety in deep waters
Since the beginning of 2023, students from Grades 4-5 registered in the Sask. Rivers School Division have had the opportunity to learn the basics of deep-water safety at Frank J. Dunn pool through Car...
Feb 15, 2023
Orano Canada gifting $1 million to encourage more women to enrol in trades and technology training
It's a big boost for women in northern Saskatchewan looking for a career in the trades and technology.To bolster the future for women in technical trades, uranium producer Orano Canada is gifting $1 m...
Feb 14, 2023
Spirit in sport: Sturgeon Lake players win banner in One Arrow
A new banner will be hanging in Sturgeon Lake School, after their U13 indoor soccer team won a recent tournament in One Arrow.Assistant coach Dean Gerard said the win helps boost school spirit. "They ...
Feb 09, 2023
Sask. Rivers School Division launches plan to bring students back to class
With a rising number of students absent from school, the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is taking concrete steps to turn things around.One of those steps was the launch last month of a soc...
Feb 07, 2023
Northern agencies team up to keep youth warm this winter
Dozens of children living in a small community in northern Saskatchewan are guaranteed to have a warmer winter, thanks in large part to some recent generous donations.Timber Bay school received about ...
Feb 06, 2023
New vending machine for books aimed to teach youth about Indigenous cultures
A brand new vending machine has start operating in Prince Albert, but it's not just any ordinary vending machine as this one has books instead of snacks. A first of its kind in the city, the vending m...
Feb 01, 2023
Province adds more than 550 new training spots for health careers
In its latest effort to address the shortage of health-care workers in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is funding the creation of hundreds of new post-secondary training seats across 18 differ...
Jan 31, 2023
SGEU questions college merger plans
One of the province's largest unions is concerned about the plan to merge two regional colleges.Parkland College and Cumberland College have announced plans to merge by July.The Saskatchewan Governmen...
Jan 25, 2023
Darlene Slater named newest trustee to PACSD
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) has welcomed its newest trustee by acclamation.In November 2022, the PACSD approved the process for a byelection for Subdivision 2 to fill that vacan...
Jan 24, 2023
Regional colleges plan to merge
Two of the province's regional colleges are planning to merge.Cumberland College covers the northeast, including Melfort and Nipawin, while Parkland College is based in the southeast, and includes Yor...
Jan 20, 2023
