Tag Archives: Education

John Lake School spent Tuesday honouring a lost staff member as part of their Terry Fox Day events. Longtime school caretaker Terry Elliott died of an aggressive cancer over the summer. "I (was) on ho...

Could your elementary school teacher lift a 500 pound monster truck wheel or put a 245 pound stone on a post? One Grade 4 class at McDermid Elementary School can probably take home the bragging rights...

A standardized test that went out to classrooms across the country will be changing after a student in Saskatoon noticed that some of the options in multiple choice questions included negative stereot...

A day after a former University of Saskatchewan student was assaulted near campus, the university has unveiled its new sexual assault policy. The draft policy was opened to public feedback as part of ...

With less than one month before Canadians go to the polls, some University of Regina students say they're starting to pay attention to politics. "This is the first year that I've been able to vote, so...

Naomi Buchanan's son had two first words: the first word he signed and the first word he spoke. When he was just one, he already knew 100 words in sign language. The first time he signed it was the wo...

When she was 13 years old, Laura Cone was put on birth control to help ease the intense pain she experienced during menstruation. It took eight years for her to find out why it wouldn't go away. Cone,...

Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have partnered with a Harvard Medical School affiliate to work on a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease. The research involves using adult stem cel...

A new national nursing licensing exam has fewer students passing, but Saskatchewan institutions aren't worried yet. From January to the end of June, 195 Saskatchewan nursing students - less than 30 pe...

A Maple Creek man who was accused of fondling students likely won't be able to teach anymore.   According to media reports, a former student came forward saying Todd Anaka had kissed her and fond...