Education

New partnership to support Indigenous students in La Ronge and La Loche

The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied research (GDI) has partnered up with United Way of Saskatoon and Area as well as the Government of Canada to support northern Saskatchewan In...

Aug 04, 2020

Evidence suggests older children biggest vectors, says Blondeau

With the Saskatchewan government set to unveil its plan for returning students to schools, the head of clinical microbiology at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital says the most up-to-date evidence ...

Aug 04, 2020

Wollaston Lake woman to receive prestigious award from University of Regina

A former teacher, educator director and Chief for Hatchet Lake First Nation, will receive one of the University of Regina's highest honours.Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was named the 2020 recipient of the ...

Jul 28, 2020

Northern communities selected for Dene linguistic research project

A four-year project examining the Dene language in two northern Saskatchewan communities will hopefully begin next month.That's according to University of Saskatchewan Professor of Linguistics Olga Lo...

Jul 27, 2020

Canada provides exception for U.S. students planning to study north of border

WASHINGTON - The federal government appears to have relaxed restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border that would have made it impossible for first-year university students from the United States to enter...

Jul 27, 2020

Atoskewin Success Centre's new Women in Trades program sees strong interest

Women will be hammering and building their way to a potential new career when the Atoskewin Success Centre's new Women in Trades training program begins next month. Course mentor Niaomi Albert said ab...

Jul 24, 2020

Western Development Museum in North Battleford to open in August

Western Development Museum will reopen the North Battleford, Moose Jaw and Yorkton locations in next month, with members and volunteers able to visit on Aug. 5 and full public access on Aug. 12. The S...

Jul 24, 2020

North West College plans "blended" learning, tuition freeze for 2020-21 school year

North West College, with campuses in North Battleford and Meadow Lake, will provide students with what is described as a "blended" learning format for the 2020-21 school year, with a combination of in...

Jul 20, 2020

Local community garden projects keep growing stronger

It seems more people are going green during the COVID-19 situation. Midwest Food Resources and the Battlefords Family Health Centre community garden projects continue to see a strong interest in the a...

Jul 16, 2020

Great Plains College plans campus and online learning, tuition freeze for new school year

Students attending Great Plains College's campuses including the Biggar site in the fall will see some modifications as well as additional support for students, in response to the province's COVID-19 ...

Jul 16, 2020