Tag Archives: Education

COVID-19 positive case identified at MUCC
Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) has sent out a letter to parents and guardians regarding a COVID-19 case at the school.The letter states a Grade 12 student at MUCC tested positive for...
Nov 09, 2020

Race in Subdivision Two, all others acclaimed for NESD
With the municipal election approaching on Nov. 9, school board elections come along with it.In the North East School Division (NESD), there are a total of eight subdivisions that will have a board re...
Nov 05, 2020

Touching stories to be shared during Children’s Hospital Radiothon
This year's Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Radiothon Nov. 4-5 is going to mean an awful lot to children across the province like Torrie Schaffer.Schaffer, now 13, got sick on the Easter long weekend...
Nov 03, 2020

COVID-19 case announced at Cudworth School
The Horizon School Division has announced a COVID-19 positive test at one of its schools.On Oct. 30, the division was notified of a positive case at Cudworth School. Contact tracing is underway accord...
Nov 02, 2020

Horizon School Divison pausing extracurricular sporting activities for remainder of week
The Horizon School Division (HSD) has announced they will be pausing extracurricular sporting activities for the week of Oct. 26 to 30.This after a COVID-19 case at Viscount school was announced over ...
Oct 26, 2020

Expanding agriculture research at the University of Alberta
EDMONTON – Alberta's Agriculture and Forestry department says it has reached an agreement to transfer key research programs to the University of Alberta, strengthening its agriculture research c...
Oct 20, 2020

Sask. teachers share experiences about return to school in new survey
Nine in 10 teachers in a survey say it has been difficult to maintain social distancing since the return of school in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) heard from 2,108 people o...
Oct 07, 2020

Students to learn about safety on the farm virtually this year
MELFORT, SASK. - Progressive Agriculture Safety Day put on by Safe Communities Humboldt and Area will look a little different this year but the goal remains the same. The typical one-day event gives s...
Sep 28, 2020

Students to learn about safety on the farm virtually this year
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day put on by Safe Communities Humboldt and Area will look a little different this year but the goal remains the same.The typical one-day event gives students informatio...
Sep 28, 2020

Former Melfort resident, Carla Streeton to be NDP candidate for Martensville-Warman
A former Melfort resident has been nominated by the Saskatchewan NDP to be the candidate for Martensville-Warman in the upcoming provincial election.Carla Streeton is a pre-kindergarten and kindergart...
Sep 24, 2020