Education

Doell commits to career after Mustangs

The Melfort Mustangs have announced that 2001-born forward Nolan Doell has committed to the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings for post-secondary hockey.Doell is a veteran of over 100 Junior A games between t...

Feb 10, 2022

Mixed reaction from Saskatchewan teachers over health orders ending

Come March 1, schools in Saskatchewan will start looking a lot more like they did two years ago, with students and staff no longer required by provincial mandate to wear masks indoors.All of Saskatche...

Feb 09, 2022

Saskatchewan Medical Association physician warns the detrimental effects of lifting mandates too soon

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and changes to the vaccine mandate, some physicians are feeling the strain. Dr. Eben Strydom, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) and a Melfort p...

Feb 08, 2022

STF president criticizes new rules around COVID isolation

Saskatchewan's new rules on COVID-19 isolation are drawing criticism from the teachers' union.Starting Friday, close contacts will not need to isolate. Also, the isolation period for anyone unvaccinat...

Jan 27, 2022

From the ground up: mental health support aid for farmers moves onto next phase

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.-The seeds have been planted and are showing signs of sprouting, for a new tool that will one day provide valuable mental health support to farmers and ranchers in Saskatchewan. Si...

Nigel Maxwell Jan 23, 2022

From the ground up: mental health support aid for farmers moves onto next phase

The seeds have been planted and are showing signs of sprouting, for a new tool that will one day provide valuable mental health support to farmers and ranchers in Saskatchewan.Since the launch of the ...

Jan 23, 2022

U of S keeping students off campus until Feb. 7

The University of Saskatchewan is extending its current state of operations until Feb. 7, according to a memo sent to students Tuesday."Given the increased transmissibility of Omicron, in combination ...

Jan 18, 2022

New program at SIIT hopes to create more Indigenous entrepreneurs

A new program at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) hopes to train the next generation of Indigenous entrepreneurs while providing a mentor to help them along the way.SIIT will s...

Jan 13, 2022

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helping children in the northeast

Nipawin and Area Early Years Family Resource Centre and the Nipawin Kinsmen are bringing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to the northeast. The two groups announced their partnership on Jan 5 and ca...

Jan 11, 2022

Saskatchewan outlines steps to keep schools open

The Saskatchewan government doesn't have any immediate plans to move schools to online learning.On Wednesday, the government outlined the steps it plans to take to keep schools operating in the midst ...

Jan 05, 2022