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Sask. extends student loan forgiveness for nurses to include five more communities
The Saskatchewan government is offering student loan forgiveness to nurses working in five communities where recruitment has been difficult. On Friday, the Ministry of Advanced Education said nurses a...
Nov 24, 2023
Saskatchewan makes Holocaust education mandatory in schools
Studying the Holocaust will soon be a requirement for high school students across Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Education, a renewed curriculum for Social Studies 10 will soon include a m...
Nov 20, 2023
Nearly 2000 supporters show up to education rally in Saskatoon
After Saskatchewan Teachers voted in favour of sanctions Friday, an education rally was held outside the office of Sask Party MLA Paul Merriman on Saturday. Thousands of parents, children and teachers...
Oct 28, 2023
Parents' Bill of Rights becomes law in Saskatchewan
For two months, proposed changes to pronoun and sexual education policies in Saskatchewan have divided people across the province. Not surprisingly, on Friday -- after the Parents' Bill of Rights pass...
Oct 20, 2023 Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill (left to right), Premier Scott Moe and Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre discuss the passing of the Parents' Bill of Rights on Oct. 20, 2023. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan government passes pronoun legislation
Two months after its policies were first proposed - and after two months of often-bitter debate - Saskatchewan's Parents' Bill of Rights has been passed. The Saskatchewan Party government passed the l...
Oct 20, 2023 The Parents' Bill of Rights was passed in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly on Oct. 20, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
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Saskatoon mayor says he wants provincial pronoun legislation withdrawn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)
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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...