Education

Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society hopes to gain more members

The Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society is encouraging anyone interested in taking part to come out to a meeting. Secretary Millie Henderson noted that the society has about seven r...

Jan 04, 2024

Year of progress for North West College

As 2023 draws to a close, battlefordsNOW is taking a look back on the most important and impactful stories of the year, as selected by our reporters and editorial staff.North West College had a succes...

Dec 28, 2023

Northlands planning for new administration degree program

Northlands College will offer a Bachelor of Administration program in the fall of the 2024. It was announced in a media release Wednesday. The program is made possible through an agreement between the...

Dec 20, 2023

'Pushed down our throats': Letters detail school pronoun concerns in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent...

Dec 18, 2023

'Damaging': Saskatchewan high school rejects author's talk on son coming out as gay

Ruby Remenda Swanson says she never thought her hometown high school would be the only place to bar her from sharing her family's story.Remenda Swanson says she's been to dozens of places in Canada, i...

Dec 14, 2023

NESD support workers support strike mandate

Education support workers for the North East School Division (NESD) are one step closer to potentially walking off the job. Members voted on Thursday in favour of a strike mandate. Around 75 per cent ...

Dec 11, 2023

'A lot of happy faces': Santa in the North delivers 1,400 gifts to remote communities

Christmas is known as the season of giving and the Santa in the North initiative is doing just that while providing a meaningful impact to children in five remote, northern communities. Santa Claus, S...

Dec 07, 2023

English River's Tenille Campbell new indigenous Storyteller In-Residence at USask

Tenille Campbell has chosen female empowerment as her overarching theme after being named to the University Library Indigenous Storyteller In-Residence at the University of Saskatchewan. "I'm really e...

Dec 07, 2023

Unlocked car doors an opportunity for Christmas theft

The countdown to Christmas is on and for many Battlefords area residents the hustle and bustle of the holidays can be somewhat overwhelming.During the rush to get last minute details completed such as...

Dec 05, 2023

Education billboards have STF 'frustrated'

Several new billboards have popped up around Saskatchewan that have education advocates "getting more and more frustrated."The two new billboards in North Battleford tout governmental statistics on ed...

Nov 29, 2023