Education

Nominations close quickly for Horizon SD board elections

Much attention has been given to the provincial and municipal elections, but there's another vote on the horizon.School board elections are taking place Nov. 13, the day of the municipal election. Kev...

Oct 07, 2024

Nominations still open for NESD board elections

Another opportunity to let your voice be heard. School board elections are being held across the province Nov. 13. North East School Division (NESD) Director of Education Stacy Lair told northeastNOW ...

Oct 05, 2024

From pain to strength: survivors walk the path of healing

Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the subject matter of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419.Sunchild Law held its 12th annual Battlefo...

Sep 30, 2024

'Rising up in love': Meadow Lake celebrates Orange Shirt Day

With a microphone in her hand at the Meadow Lake Civic Centre, Vitaline Read shared a story with school children, community members and other survivors of her time in the Beauval Indian Residential Sc...

Sep 30, 2024

'Step by step' : Educators see progress in Truth and Reconciliation education

A little girl pointed up at the wall of her school gym and said, "Look, there's a Mtis flag up there." To anyone else hearing that, it may have just been a comment in passing, but for Sherron Burns, i...

Sep 27, 2024

Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...

Sep 23, 2024

Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law

Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at schoo...

Sep 23, 2024

Sask. post-secondary institutions navigating effects of international student cap

While the full impact of a cap on international students in Canada remains to be seen, some of the post-secondary institutes in Saskatchewan expect it will be minimal here, considering how the provinc...

Sep 21, 2024

NESD Board votes to discontinue Grades 7 to 12 in Star City

The North East School Division Board of Education has voted to discontinue Grades 7 through 12, starting in the fall of 2025. The division made the decision based on recommendations from both the Star...

Sep 20, 2024

Weapons found in Dillon school yard

Police are investigating after several weapons were found in the playground of a school in Dillon on August 30. Buffalo Narrows RCMP were told about three weapons, a knife, a sword and a hatchet, whic...

Sep 19, 2024