Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
Tag Archives: Education
Regina school boards pitch plans for more joint-use schools
Less than two years after building three joint-use elementary schools in Regina, the city's school boards are teaming up to request provincial funding for four more. Joint-use schools consist of a Cat...
Mar 08, 2019
School boards up pay ahead of tax changes; STF unhappy
The public and catholic school boards in Regina are raising the pay for trustees to compensate for federal tax changes next year, but the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) thinks it's the wrong ...
Dec 17, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
U of R academic staff vote for strike mandate
Academic staff at the University of Regina have voted to give their union a strike mandate. The academic staff bargaining unit of the University of Regina Faculty Association saw 87.4 per cent of memb...
Nov 07, 2018
Diversity in the school Part 2: Success of Regina’s EAL program
Her love for teaching English started in Japan. Linda Mitchell is the Student Achievement Coordinator with Regina Public Schools, overseeing the English as an Additional Language (EAL) program. Her jo...
Nov 07, 2018 (File photo/980 CJME)
CAA Sask. spots 646 infractions in 2 Regina school zones
There's a lot more to school zone safety than just speeding drivers. This week, CAA Saskatchewan conducted its first assessments at two Regina elementary schools. CAA volunteers, along with sch...
Oct 03, 2018 School kids use a designated crosswalk outside Judge Bryant School in Dewdney Avenue on Oct. 3, 2018. (Daniella Ponticelli/980 CJME)
Former NHLer’s donation to go to bursaries for women
On Tuesday, former NHL player and coach, Ted Nolan, gave a large cheque to the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) and said he would not be the man he is if it weren't for his mother. His founda...
Sep 19, 2018
Darrell Davis: Going back to a different university
I'll be in a university classroom for the first time in 39 years today, listening to several professors and grad students discussing the nuances of journalism. It's orientation week, so I figured I sh...
Sep 05, 2018
Saudi students leaving U of R amidst Canada spat
More than 100 international students will not be returning to the University of Regina after being caught in the middle of a spat between Canada and their country of Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi...
Sep 05, 2018
'A little hectic:' kids and parents head back to school
Excited, screaming, shouting children and some harried looking parents descended on Regina schools Tuesday morning for the first day of the school year. At cole Harbour Landing children were running a...
Sep 04, 2018 Parents drop off students at École Harbour Landing on first day back at school Sept. 4, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
‘Heroes to many:’ Support offered to Humboldt students after bus crash kills 15
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Attention in the town where 15 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team were killed in a bus crash is turning to supporting students as they return to school following the tragedy...
Apr 10, 2018 Horizon School Division Director of Education Kevin Garinger speaks about support for Humboldt students April 10, 2018. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...