Education

From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...

Aug 11, 2020

Living Sky School Division planning for schools to reopen

Living Sky School Division has a plan in place to reopen schools for the new school year.Education Director Brenda Vickers said Monday the plan is not carved in stone and can be modified at any time d...

Aug 11, 2020

Moe stands behind province’s back-to-school plan

Premier Scott Moe defended Saskatchewan's back-to-school plan in an interview with Gormley guest host Mike Couros on Friday.Opinions on the plan have been split, with it garnering both praise and crit...

Aug 07, 2020

Mask Up for Education rally draws 'small but mighty' showing in North Battleford

A "small but mighty" group of participants gathered outside the MLA's office in North Battleford Friday for the Mask Up for Education rally. Community rallies took place outside MLA offices across Sas...

Aug 07, 2020

Face masks and survey: LLRIB preps for back to school

Amidst the political debate in Saskatchewan over whether face masks should be mandatory at schools and if the government's back to school plan should be more specific and expansive, the Lac La Ronge I...

Aug 07, 2020

Nearly 10,000 sign online petition asking for a better back-to-school plan

Every few seconds, the dial on a Change.org petition turns, adding more signatures of support asking the Saskatchewan government to reconsider its Safe Schools Plan.So far, there are nearly 10,000 sig...

Aug 07, 2020

Mask Up for Education rally planned for Friday across province

Community rallies are taking place outside MLA offices across Saskatchewan Friday as part of the Mask up for Education campaign which highlights concerns about the province's plan to reopen schools am...

Aug 06, 2020

Local school divisions have plans in place, following province's guidelines

School divisions across the province have each established their own back to school plans to follow the province's guidelines outlined in the Saskatchewan Safe Schools plan to address COVID-19 precaut...

Aug 05, 2020

Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...

Aug 05, 2020

‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan

The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...

Aug 05, 2020