Tag Archives: Education
University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking ...
Oct 22, 2025
Late Melfort teacher honored by student-made memorial flag
A late Melfort teacher at Reynolds Central School will forever be memorialized thanks to a new student-made flag that flies at the school grounds.Jeff Gendall passed away during last year's school ter...
Oct 22, 2025
Creighton School Division signs up for provincial mental health building program
Mental health supports are coming to Creighton School Division. The Government of Saskatchewan's Mental Health Capacity Building (MHCB) program has expanded to the division. The program is designed to...
Oct 21, 2025
Artificial intelligence threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience.Silver, who graduate...
Oct 19, 2025
Artificial intelligence threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience. Silver, who graduat...
Oct 19, 2025
Saskatchewan Youth Symposium coming to Melfort Oct. 23
Students from across Saskatchewan will gather in Melfort next week for the 5th annual Youth Symposium. The event is organized by Youth Matter Canada, and founder Laura Lawrence told northeastNOW hundr...
Oct 17, 2025
Sask. Polytechnic cuts 25 more jobs, NDP and faculty sound alarm
Another round of layoffs has hit Saskatchewan Polytechnic, prompting criticism from the opposition NDP and concern from faculty leaders about the school's long-term stability.The Saskatchewan Polytech...
Oct 17, 2025
Alberta teachers reject government request to end strike and enter mediation
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she's disappointed the union representing teachers turned down a government request to end a provincewide strike and to go through enhanced mediat...
Oct 17, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith wants education commission after teachers strike
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the pr...
Oct 16, 2025
Nipawin sisters receive prestigious leadership award
A pair of Nipawin teachers have won a prestigious award for promoting student leadership in schools. Denise Worsley-McClelland and Andrea Hayes, who are sisters, were awarded the David Connell Dedicat...
Oct 16, 2025