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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)
Moe defends recalling legislature to keep school name, pronoun policy in place
Premier Scott Moe says the push to pass his party’s pronoun policy as legislation in Saskatchewan is all about clarity. The policy requires parental consent if kids under the age of 16 want to c...
Sep 29, 2023
Wages for early childhood educators to go up starting Oct. 1
Early childhood educators in Saskatchewan will be bringing home a bit more starting next week. On Friday, the provincial and federal governments jointly announced a $7-million investment towards incre...
Sep 29, 2023
University of Regina unveils plan for improved Indigenous relations
The University of Regina is hoping to right some wrongs with its new Indigenous Engagement Strategic Plan. The plan is called Tapwewin kwayaskwastsowin, which the University said is Cree for "truth an...
Sep 29, 2023 Cadmus Delorme said announcing this plan is historic for the university. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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