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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)
Sask. Polytechnic president updates Gormley on new campus project
On Wednesday, Saskatchewan Polytechnic announced that it will be closing down its Idylwyld Drive campus and moving to Innovation Place. Larry Rosia, the technical school's president and CEO, joined CK...
Sep 22, 2023
What is ‘SOGI 1 2 3,’ the program now banned from Saskatchewan classrooms?
During Canada-wide demonstrations on Wednesday calling for more parental involvement in education, one name appeared on a large number of protest signs: ‘SOGI 1 2 3.’ Many demonstrators ob...
Sep 21, 2023
Sask. 'March 4 Children' rallies face friction from rival protests
Rallies in favour of Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy and push for increased parental rights in education were met with equally large counterprotests on Wednesday. Hundreds took to the streets in Sas...
Sep 20, 2023 A police officer confronts a demonstrator during the rally in Saskatoon on Wednesday. (Lara Fominoff)
Union president says Saskatchewan teachers want a deal, not a strike
Contract negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) are ongoing, and the union's president says the goal is to reach a negotiated deal with the gove...
Sep 19, 2023 The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says education funding, not teachers' salaries, is the union's prime focus in contract negotiations with the provincial government. (980 CJME file photo)
Polytechnic students simulate power grid with donated substation control panel
Students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic are now able to simulate real-life power systems, thanks to a unique, state-of-the-art donation made possible by an alumnus. The gift is a $200,000 substation prot...
Sep 16, 2023
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