Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
Tag Archives: Education
Province pledges support for mental health first aid in schools
The Government of Saskatchewan is announcing its intention to ensure every school in the province is able to provide mental health first aid to students. The province announced Wednesday a $400,000 co...
Dec 02, 2020
Researchers say widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change
Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of t...
Dec 02, 2020
STF says no current plan for education to move online; nearly 80 Saskatoon classes in isolation
The number continues to change day by day, but many Saskatoon students are at home due to positive COVID-19 cases within classrooms and cohorts. As of Monday, 53 classrooms and cohorts within Saskatoo...
Nov 30, 2020
Liberals take step on national child-care system, promise plan coming in 2021 budget
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing millions of dollars in new spending as a down payment on a planned national child-care system that the Liberals say will be outlined in next spring's budge...
Nov 30, 2020
B.C. homework assignment asks for 'positive experiences with residential schools'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find "positive experiences with resid...
Nov 25, 2020
Liberals to unveil first step on child-care plan in economic update, sources say
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will take a small step toward a plan to create a national daycare system, with sources telling The Canadian Press next week's economic update will have money for a new fe...
Nov 24, 2020
Quebec's anti-corruption police arrest two suspects in alleged school board fraud
MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption police force says it has arrested two people in connection with an alleged fraud scheme at a major Montreal-area English-language school board. Police said today in...
Nov 20, 2020
Toronto school staff member dies of COVID-19
TORONTO - An education worker at a Toronto school has died from COVID-19. The child and youth worker was employed with the Toronto Catholic District School Board at the St. Francis De Sales School, of...
Nov 18, 2020
Drownings increase as climate change makes ice on lakes, rivers riskier: study
Newly published research says climate change is making familiar winter activities on frozen lakes and rivers more dangerous. An analysis of thousands of winter drownings from around the world sh...
Nov 18, 2020
Schools, businesses closed: Nunavut goes into territorywide lockdown today
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is shutting down for two weeks starting today to try to get cases of COVID-19 under control. All schools and non-essential businesses are closed, as are libraries, fitness c...
Nov 18, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...