Tag Archives: Education
SRPSD prepared for 'potential' of more COVID cases in schools
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) says families need to be prepared for the potential for more COVID cases in schools given the increase in more transmissible variants. It says it...
Apr 13, 2021
"Get my fellow teachers vaccinated, before this happens to anyone else": P.A. high school support worker diagnosed with COVID
A Prince Albert high school support worker is sounding the alarm and claiming the Saskatchewan Government has dropped the ball by not including teachers in the vaccination priority list.Victor Thunder...
Apr 06, 2021
STF wants two-week online buffer; SRPSD has no plans to do so
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is calling on the government to have students move to online learning for a two-week period following the upcoming Easter Break. However, a local director o...
Mar 31, 2021
Alberta school curriculum out of tune with song by premier's grandfather: musicians
EDMONTON - Alberta jazz musicians and teachers are dropping their chops at the inclusion of a tune by Premier Jason Kenney's grandfather in the province's proposed Grade 6 school curriculum. "When I G...
Mar 30, 2021
Teachers, students sleep in Sask. schools because of spring storm
Many students and teachers around Saskatchewan had unusual sleeps Monday night, after a snowstorm forced them to sleep in school due to treacherous road conditions.Herbert School principal Chad Strike...
Mar 30, 2021
Equine Assisted Learning program offered to Mosquito School youth
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Mosquito School youth had an opportunity to learn more about caring for animals and themselves at the same time through an Equine Assisted Learning program offered this week....
Mar 26, 2021
Area leaders disturbed to see posters promoting racism in North Battleford community
Local area leaders are concerned about White Lives Matter posters appearing on streets in the North Battleford community recently.Little Pine First Nation Chief Wayne Semaganis was alarmed when he saw...
Mar 23, 2021
Rapid COVID testing heading to Sask. schools
The Government of Saskatchewan says K-12 schools across the province are currently being shipped 100,000 rapid test kits which could start being put to use later this week. The Health ministry says it...
Mar 22, 2021
Gabriel Dumont Institute announces new CEO
A Saskatchewan Mtis and nhiyaw writer whose work appears in literary magazines and anthologies across Canada is the new chief executive officer for the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and A...
Mar 22, 2021
Two positive COVID-19 cases at St. Michael Community School
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division has reported the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) identified two positive COVID-19 cases at St. Michael Community School.According to a media release, the...
Mar 18, 2021
