Tag Archives: Education
Concerns raised in Tisdale about school bus safety
School is back in session for the North East School Division (NESD), which means school busses are back on the roads.A few recent posts on Facebook have suggested there is some concern in Tisdale with...
Jan 07, 2021
North East School Division classes resume after holidays, including Naicam School following COVID-19 outbreak
The North East School Division (NESD) returned to classrooms from the Christmas break on Monday.Director of Education Don Rempel told northeastNOW the NESD administrators are still feeling good about ...
Jan 05, 2021
Feeling stressed, U of R student still studying as tech glitch delays exam for weeks
It has been several weeks since the end of the fall semester at the University of Regina, but there are still about 190 students with a class hanging over their heads.On Dec. 21, the university's onli...
Jan 04, 2021
Hope and Future: public and post-secondary education aim to provide more
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Distance, masks, markers, ...
Dec 31, 2020
U of S expects to continue remote learning through spring, summer terms
Remote learning at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) looks like it's here to stay, at least until the Fall 2021 term.That's the expectation of the institution, who gave a prepared email statemen...
Dec 21, 2020
Youth engineering education program going digital in early 2021
A group that offers science, technology, engineering, and math education is going virtual in 2021.Engineering for Kids of North Saskatchewan is running five-day camps beginning January and ending in e...
Dec 19, 2020
U of S study shows hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants may pollute air
A University of Saskatchewan team has conducted research into the airborne polluting effects of cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants and says these pose health risks.According ...
Dec 02, 2020
Muskoday woman named first female president of national body representing Aboriginal Firefighters
Just over two decades after joining the Muskoday Volunteer Fire Department, Michelle Vandevord can now lay claim to being elected the first female president of the Aboriginal Firefighters' Association...
Dec 02, 2020
Horizon School Division implements 'masking breaks' as masking becomes mandatory for all students
New public health measures came into effect in Saskatchewan on Friday, Nov. 27.Included in the new measures in masking in school being expanded to students in pre-kindergarten all the way up to Grade ...
Nov 30, 2020
COVID-19 diagnosis at Cudworth School, some students move to virtual learning
The Horizon School Division (HSD) is alerting the public there is a COVID-19 diagnosis at Cudworth School.According to a media release, HSD said they were notified of the case late on Monday, Nov. 23 ...
Nov 24, 2020