Education

COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents and school officials react

Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children between the age...

Nov 19, 2021

Education minister defends policy on extracurricular vaccinations

Saskatchewan's education minister is defending a policy that would allow unvaccinated teenagers to play sports with other students, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.Earlier this week, in a letter sen...

Nov 19, 2021

Moose on the loose hoofs it into a Saskatoon school

It wasn't just students running to make the morning school bell.A moose ended up inside a Saskatoon school Thursday morning after crashing through a window at Sylvia Fedoruk School in Evergreen."A moo...

Nov 04, 2021

Green Lake principal promoted to NLSD superintendent

Jordan Kolbeck is settling into his new role as a superintendent of education for Northern Lights School Division (NLSD). Kolbeck spent 13 years as a principal at St. Pascal Community School in Green ...

Oct 19, 2021

Meadow Lake RCMP hosting free interpersonal violence information seminar

The Meadow Lake RCMP is hosting a free workshop focused on providing information about interpersonal violence and the resources available in the community. Residents of Meadow Lake and the surrounding...

Oct 06, 2021

New report reveals widespread children’s rights violations during pandemic

Every year people's mental health becomes more important increasing the amount of supports online, in the community, and in schools.While the conversation about mental health is growing, and as more a...

Sep 01, 2021

Workers call for province-wide plan, mandatory masking as school year approaches

School resumes in Saskatchewan this week, but there hasn't yet been a comprehensive set of rules around COVID-19 protocols from the provincial government. So far, they've mostly left such rules in the...

Aug 30, 2021

Active cases reach 1,753 across province, including 832 in northern zones

The provincial government reported another 258 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 124 of which are in the Northern Saskatchewan zones.This brings the total to 53,262 reported cases; 1,753 cases considere...

Aug 27, 2021

Sask Polytechnic and U-Sask draw line in sand on vaccination

Universities across the country are starting to unveil their plans for the school year ahead, and most of them include some form of vaccine requirement. This will be true for both the University of Sa...

Aug 25, 2021

Back-to-school season bringing extra anxiety in 2021

The return to the classroom can be stressful for kids and parents even at the best of times, and the last year and a half has added more stresses to the mix due to the pandemic.With a new school year ...

Aug 25, 2021