Education

Turtleford area annual Christmas Bird Count coming up

The Turtleford area group of birding enthusiasts is getting geared up to take part in their annual Christmas Bird Count event again this year.Coordinator Brent Keen hopes to see a good turnout for the...

Dec 11, 2022

North West College awards over $66,000 in Entrance Scholarships

North West College (NWC), in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake, announced it was thrilled to award a total of $66,460 to students in Entrance Scholarships last month. More than 135 scholarships were pre...

Dec 09, 2022

Living Sky School Division to discontinue virtual K-Gr. 9 programming

Living Sky School Division (LSSD) announced today they will discontinue virtual programming for Kindergarten to Grade 9, due to reduced enrolment. The school division said in a release they made the d...

Dec 08, 2022

Maymont student honoured with Rhodes Scholarship

A student from Maymont, near North Battleford, will attend the University of Oxford in England next year after being selected for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.Cassidy Serhienko, 23, who currently ...

Dec 06, 2022

Sask. Polytechnic signs agreement with schools in Germany

Saskatchewan Polytechnic is expanding its horizons by signing more agreements with international post-secondary schools.Following an announcement last month that the school, which has campuses in Sask...

Dec 06, 2022

NW Region gardener keeps green thumb active throughout winter

Gardening enthusiast and educator Rhea Good, who lives in the Battlefords area in the North-West Region, isn't disheartened by Saskatchewan's bitterly cold winter. Instead, she keeps her love of garde...

Dec 04, 2022

Battlefords community recognizes World AIDS Day

Supporters came together for World AIDS Day in North Battleford Thursday. Initially, an awareness walk was planned, but due to the extreme cold temperature participants decided to have an indoor event...

Dec 01, 2022

École Père Mercure students plan trade show fundraiser for trip to Quebec area

Kids at cole Pre Mercure (EPM), North Battleford's francophone school, plan to hold a trade show fundraiser to help with costs for their trip to the Quebec area.Called the EPM Winter Trade Show, the f...

Nov 25, 2022

Students experience radio and journalism at Pattison Media

For the first time since before the pandemic, Pattison Media's North Battleford radio stations and news portal battlefordsNOW.com hosted students for a station tour. Six senior students from Lashburn ...

Nov 19, 2022

Living Sky School Division announces organizational plans; trustee Hiebert retires

Living Sky School Division discussed its organizational plans at its recent board meeting in North Battleford. It will be mainly status quo for board representation for the new school year. However, t...

Nov 18, 2022