Tag Archives: Education
New program for Pre-K kids with intensive needs
A program aimed at helping more pre-school kids who have intensive needs is being expanded in Saskatchewan.Twenty-eight spots in the Early Learning Intensive Support (ELIS) program for pre-kindergarte...
Mar 14, 2019 (submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Province, Catholic schools to appeal education funding
The province and the Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division will face the Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) in Saskatchewan's highest court on Tuesday and Wednesday.The case is an appeal of the ...
Mar 12, 2019 Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Family Resource Centre set for Prince Albert
Local child advocates and educators are welcoming the announcement of a new Family Resource Centre for Prince Albert in the fall.It's one of seven communities getting funding from the province for the...
Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Search and Rescue teams visit White City area for training
Ian McNeil's first mission as a search and rescue volunteer in La Loche 37 years ago was to find a missing friend he had met just one month earlier.That friend had gone canoeing on a hunting trip and ...
Mar 09, 2019 Search and Rescue volunteers from all across Saskatchewan came to the White City area on March 9 for a training exercise. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks
Sask Polytechnic honours Indigenous students
Indigenous students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus were honoured Friday.In the school's gym, they along with their families sat and listened to speeches from a number of administra...
Mar 08, 2019 Desiree Dreaver spoke about her experience at Sask Poly in P.A. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Remembering the exploits of a ship named Waskesiu
This article draws much of its information from a Facebook post written by historian Mark Gaillard.It was 75 years ago this week the HMCS Waskesiu became the first Canadian frigate to sink a German U-...
Mar 02, 2019 River Class Frigate HMCS Waskesiu K330 , circa 1944. (Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 4950913) : Glenn Hicks
Beating bullying, teaching conflict resolution
Prince Albert's Red Wing School saw more than 50 students, from various schools throughout the city, attend a Healthy Youth Relationship and Beyond the Hurt Symposium on Thursday.The event, which was ...
Feb 28, 2019 Kelsi Prince, program associate for violence and abuse prevention with the Canadian Red Cross, teaches students about anti-bullying and conflict resolution techniques during a Beyond the Hurt symposium held at Prince Albert's Red Wing School on Feb. 28. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff) : Brady Bateman
Focus on distracted drivers in March
The traffic safety spotlight in March is on distracted driving.SGI said in a news release that 87 people lost their vehicle for a week because of cell phone tickets last year, the most SGI has seen si...
Feb 28, 2019 SGI is highlighting the dangers of distracted driving. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
Sixth Ave. crosswalk back in safety spotlight
Not for the first time safety issues are in the spotlight regarding the crosswalk on Sixth Ave. E. across from Carlton High School.While Prince Albert Police are urging motorists and pedestrians to us...
Feb 27, 2019 The crosswalk on Sixth Ave. E. across from Carlton High School is a safety concern with a city councillor saying there have been several incidents of students having been hit this year. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff) : Brady Bateman
Fighting bullying while proudly pink
Pink Shirt Day activities are taking place at schools throughout Prince Albert this week, with the message of combating bullying.Now a global initiative, Pink Shirt Day began in Nova Scotia in 2007, w...
Feb 27, 2019 Students at Prince Albert's École Vickers school proudly show off their pink attire as part of Pink Shirt Day Wednesday, which is held annually to combat bullying. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff) : Brady Bateman
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