Tag Archives: Education
Face masks and survey: LLRIB preps for back to school
Amidst the political debate in Saskatchewan over whether face masks should be mandatory at schools and if the government's back to school plan should be more specific and expansive, the Lac La Ronge I...
Aug 07, 2020
Nearly 10,000 sign online petition asking for a better back-to-school plan
Every few seconds, the dial on a Change.org petition turns, adding more signatures of support asking the Saskatchewan government to reconsider its Safe Schools Plan.So far, there are nearly 10,000 sig...
Aug 07, 2020
Mask Up for Education rally planned for Friday across province
Community rallies are taking place outside MLA offices across Saskatchewan Friday as part of the Mask up for Education campaign which highlights concerns about the province's plan to reopen schools am...
Aug 06, 2020
No surprises for NESD in provincial return to school plan
On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Government of Saskatchewan unveiled its Safe Return to School Plan, and now school divisions have more clarity as to what school will look like come September.The North East Sc...
Aug 05, 2020
Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...
Aug 05, 2020
‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan
The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...
Aug 05, 2020
Urban farm helps strengthen food security in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - If you travel along Clapperton Road in Kamloops, there's one property that stands out. Located just behind the Butler Auto and RV lots, it's owned by the same family; instead of trailers, i...
Aug 04, 2020
New partnership to support Indigenous students in La Ronge and La Loche
The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied research (GDI) has partnered up with United Way of Saskatoon and Area as well as the Government of Canada to support northern Saskatchewan In...
Aug 04, 2020
Evidence suggests older children biggest vectors, says Blondeau
With the Saskatchewan government set to unveil its plan for returning students to schools, the head of clinical microbiology at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital says the most up-to-date evidence ...
Aug 04, 2020
Wollaston Lake woman to receive prestigious award from University of Regina
A former teacher, educator director and Chief for Hatchet Lake First Nation, will receive one of the University of Regina's highest honours.Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was named the 2020 recipient of the ...
Jul 28, 2020