Education

Equity Scholarship addresses shortage of broadcasters from under-represented groups

A scholarship competition for broadcast students in the prairie provinces was recently launched to access an untapped pool of potentially talented employees and encourage diverse viewpoints and backgr...

Apr 16, 2019 The JPBG Equity Scholarship was instituted in 2009 to address the shortage of broadcasters from under-represented groups. (submitted photo/JPBG)

Melfort schools participated in Green Shirt Day

The Logan Boulet Effect has swept across the country.Boulet was one of 16 people who died in the Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash on April 6 last year, but he was able to donate his organs and save six othe...

Apr 09, 2019 (Twitter/Maude Burke School)

MUCC wins silver, eyes for gold next year at HOOPLA

The Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) Senior A Girls basketball went into Saskatoon's HOOPLA 2019 on March 22 looking to win their third straight gold medal in the 4A division.After a 7...

Apr 02, 2019 The MUCC Senior A Girls basketball team's silver medal is their third straight medal at HOOPLA (Twitter/@CometNews).

Dry conditions help spark grassland fires

We're only a few days into April but already officials are sounding the warnings about proper open burning practices given the very dry late winter and early spring conditions.There were fires in the ...

Apr 02, 2019 Pastureland west of Wakaw caught fire Saturday night prompting a response from the rural fire department (Facebook Wakaw/Hoodoo Fire Dept.)

Horizon School Division finalizes upcoming school calendar

The 2019-20 school year calendar has been finalized for the Horizon School Division.Teachers will be set to start work on the last week of August, after a convention, which is a change from previous y...

Mar 25, 2019 Horizon School Division office in Humboldt. (Facebook/Horizon School Division)

Saskatchewan budget projects $34M surplus

The Saskatchewan government is projecting a surplus of $34.4 million in 2019-20, with increasing positive balances in the three fiscal years to follow. The province tabled its budget Wednesday afterno...

Mar 20, 2019 The 2019-20 Saskatchewan budget is balanced with a small surplus of $34 million. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

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

MUCC using social media to spread positivity, not gossip

Students, staff, and parents affiliated with Melfort & Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) are using social media platforms Twitter and Instagram to focus on positivity.The idea of MUCC's message...

Lisa Brady Mar 11, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

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

Cumberland College hands out nearly $90,000 in scholarships

Many students in the northeast received some help with their post-secondary education on Thursday, March 7.Cumberland College held their annual Awards Ceremony at the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort. I...

Mar 08, 2019 A total of 66 students were awarded 78 scholarships at the Cumberland College Awards Ceremony. (submitted photo/Cumberland College)