Education

HOOPLA 2024 cancelled as deadline to lift sanctions passes

The deadline has passed and the biggest high school basketball tournament in the province won't be happening in 2024. The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) confirmed that with no ...

Mar 20, 2024

Teachers across Saskatchewan picketing during provincial budget day

Teachers across the province are on the picket lines Wednesday as the Provincial Budget is tabled in Regina.Thousands of teachers are expected to picket at the Legislature as they seek to include clas...

Mar 20, 2024

P.A. High School basketball team to hold silent protest to save HOOPLA

Members of a Prince Albert High School Basketball team are taking matters into their own hands to hopefully save the 2024 HOOPLA Tournament.The Carlton Boys Senior Boys basketball team qualified for t...

Mar 18, 2024

Fate of HOOPLA now up to teachers and the province says SHSAA

The fate of the province's largest high school basketball tournament is still up in the air after more teacher sanctions were announced this week. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF)...

Mar 18, 2024

One-day strike coming Wednesday, withdrawal of extracurricular activities later this week for Sask. Teachers

Saskatchewan teachers will have a one-day strike and withdraw from extracurricular activities for two days this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) gave the 48-hour notice Monday morning...

Mar 18, 2024

Lunch-hour supervision withdrawn in several divisions over next two days

The latest round of teacher sanctions takes place Monday and Tuesday as lunch-hour supervision is being cancelled.On Monday, three school divisions are affected including the North East School Divisio...

Mar 18, 2024

Northern Sask. families join new initiative to support teachers

A mother and daughter from Saskatchewan are doing what they can to resolve the contract dispute between the provincial government and teachers. Nicole Berg and her six-year-old daughter Victoria live ...

Mar 15, 2024

Teachers pull noon hour supervision Monday and Tuesday

With the failure of the province and STF to resume bargaining talks, teachers will continue job action next week.On Monday and Tuesday, teachers in the North East School Division, le--la-Crosse School...

Mar 15, 2024

Government rejects STF offer to resolve class size, complexity dispute with binding arbitration

The provincial government has rejected an offer from the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation that could have ended the group's ongoing sanctions.On Thursday, the federation said it would suspend its san...

Mar 15, 2024

Teachers Federation propose binding arbitration as path forward

Binding arbitration may be a way forward if the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) has its way. In a news release, the STF proposed that should the provincial government agree to it as a way to d...

Mar 14, 2024