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Sask Polytech's hockey stick car revs up at world competition
A Saskatchewan school has revved up a worldwide competition with a car made partly out of hockey sticks. Saskatchewan Polytechnic competed in the 2023 Shell Eco-marathon World Championship in Bangalor...
Oct 20, 2023
Saskatoon mayor says he wants provincial pronoun legislation withdrawn
Saskatoon's mayor has weighed in on the proposed pronoun law making its way through the Legislature Assembly in Regina. The proposed legislation requires schools to inform parents when a student under...
Oct 18, 2023
Enrolment numbers rising at Sask Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is experiencing a surge in enrolment, thanks in large part to a rapidly growing number of international students. In a release Wednesday, the school said 11,463 students were ...
Oct 18, 2023
Education minister, NDP leader concerned over potential teachers' strike
As tensions continue to rise between the government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, there are growing concerns over the potential for a teachers' strike. In a news release, the union said t...
Oct 17, 2023 Saskatchewan's education minister -- and the leader of the opposition -- are worried about a possible strike by teachers. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina Public Schools responds after minister places blame for pronoun policy
Throughout the life of the provincial government's pronoun policy, the government has been slowly talking more about what prompted it - along with the other two education policies around sex education...
Oct 17, 2023 Sask. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill. Oct 12, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. teachers to vote on sanctions, job action possible
Teachers across the province are to vote next week on sanctions, which could result in future job action as the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) accused Premier Scott Moe of emphasizing "wedge ...
Oct 16, 2023 Thousands attended a Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation rally in Regina on April 29, 2023. The STF invites those concerned about public education to several mini rallies held in communities around the province this fall. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME file photo)
Pair of polls suggest Canadians divided on Sask. pronoun policies
Two polls held this month suggest Canadians are split almost evenly on Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy. The policy - which has created a storm of controversy in the province and beyond - requires sc...
Oct 12, 2023
Pronoun legislation yet to be introduced as two-week sitting begins
Though the provincial government had hoped to get going right away on the work of passing its pronoun and school policies, things started slowly on Tuesday. The controversial new policies require scho...
Oct 11, 2023 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says a bill, like the pronoun policy, which proposes to take away people's rights, needs to have full scrutiny from the opposition. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Hundreds rally in Regina against pronoun policies as province pushes forward
Protesters against Saskatchewan's controversial education policies gathered at the Legislative Building on Tuesday as the government worked to make the new policies law. The new policies require paren...
Oct 10, 2023 Hundreds of people gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislature to show their opposition to the school pronoun policy being forced into law. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
With Saskatoon school 'crumbling,' NDP calls Sask. Party priorities 'misguided'
For months, parents at Saskatoon's cole Monique Rousseau have been asking for help to fix a portion of the roof that's had a hole in it since last spring. A picture of the damage dated June 6 shows pl...
Oct 10, 2023 Ceiling damage at Saskatoon's École Monique Rousseau. (Saskatchewan NDP/Submitted)
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