Education

History of the Melfort Airport

In honour of Saskatchewan Archives Week, the Melfort and District Museum recently held a coffee and conversation to discuss the history of the Melfort airport.Roughly 30-40 members of the public gathe...

Feb 09, 2023

Carlton Trail College to have healthcare programs expanded

Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan invested more than $5.5 million to help create over 550 new post-secondary training seats across 18 healthcare training programs.Carlton Trail College...

Feb 02, 2023

NESD holding meeting on Arborfield School as decision on closing it down fast-approaching

The North East School Division (NESD) is set to hold an in-person meeting to discuss the future of Arborfield School.The school is under review since it only has 67 students enrolled, which is under t...

Feb 02, 2023

Province adds more than 550 new training spots for health careers

In its latest effort to address the shortage of health-care workers in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is funding the creation of hundreds of new post-secondary training seats across 18 differ...

Jan 31, 2023

Wyatt Day honoured as SJHL RBC Community Ambassador

Melfort Mustangs forward, Wyatt Day, was honoured this past Saturday, prior to a game against the Humboldt Broncos.Day was recognized as a member of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) RBC ...

Jan 30, 2023

Carlton Trail College receives international award

Carlton Trail College (CTC), along with Homefield, has received a 2022 Gold MarCom Award for outstanding achievement in marketing and communications work.The organizations received a Gold award in the...

Jan 27, 2023

SGEU questions college merger plans

One of the province's largest unions is concerned about the plan to merge two regional colleges.Parkland College and Cumberland College have announced plans to merge by July.The Saskatchewan Governmen...

Jan 25, 2023

Regional colleges plan to merge

Two of the province's regional colleges are planning to merge.Cumberland College covers the northeast, including Melfort and Nipawin, while Parkland College is based in the southeast, and includes Yor...

Jan 20, 2023

Turtleford area annual Christmas Bird Count coming up

The Turtleford area group of birding enthusiasts is getting geared up to take part in their annual Christmas Bird Count event again this year. Coordinator Brent Keen hopes to see a good turnout for th...

Angela Brown Dec 11, 2022

14 per cent of students absent in North Central: CRISP report

Just over 14 per cent of students in the North Central area were absent in the last two weeks in the latest update on respiratory illnesses from the province. The North Central rate was slightly lower...

Dec 08, 2022