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More teachers, EAs and fees for parents as SPSD passes budget
The Saskatoon Public School Division has passed its 2023-2024 operating budget, as required by the Ministry of Education, and it includes up to $8 million in additional funding from the province to ad...
Jun 21, 2023 SPSD board chair Colleen MacPherson (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM )
C95 names Natasha Fox 2023 Teacher of the Year
C95 has named Natasha Fox as Teacher of the Year for 2023. Fox was a teacher at cole St. Matthew School who was described as a devoted mother and decorated wrestler. Fox, 33, was killed in a collision...
Jun 15, 2023 John McGettigan, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association, and C95's Tim Stone present the award for Teacher of the Year to the family of Natasha Fox. (C95/Facebook)
Former principal of Legacy Christian Academy facing 11 assault charges
The second former staff member from Saskatoon's Legacy Christian Academy to face criminal charges appeared in court Thursday. Duff Friesen, the school's former principal, made his first court appearan...
Jun 15, 2023 (Left to right) Robynne Cuthbert, Sean Kotelmach, Caitlin Erickson and Jen Beaudry outside Saskatoon Provincial Court on June 15, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Province provides $40 million in additional funding to school divisions
The Saskatchewan government is directing an additional $40 million to the province's school divisions following numerous calls for increased funding in the wake of the provincial budget. According to ...
Jun 01, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools warns of cuts after provincial budget
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools is making significant cuts, saying the service reductions are necessary after the provincial budget provided an insufficient increase to education. In a letter sent ...
May 16, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Moe says interim funding is on the way for Saskatchewan school divisions
Overcrowded and underfunded are how some would describe Saskatchewan's education system. But help is expected to be on the way soon for the province's education system. Premier Scott Moe told Gormley ...
May 08, 2023
STF waiting for dollar figure after province promises more education funding
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says the provincial government's promise to provide school divisions with more funding needs to come with a dollar figure attached. "This is the regular process t...
May 02, 2023 Thousands were in attendance at the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation rally in Regina on April 29, 2023. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan school divisions to get more gov't funding
After weeks of people in the education sector speaking out and following a huge rally on the weekend , the Saskatchewan government is confirming it will be giving more money to the province's school d...
May 02, 2023 Dustin Duncan, Saskatchewan's minister of education. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM file photo)
STF rally draws thousands who share union's concerns about education
Thousands gathered outside the Legislative Building in Regina on Saturday to support the province’s teachers. People from across Saskatchewan came to show support for the Saskatchewan Teachers' ...
Apr 29, 2023
‘It’s an impossible situation:’ STF to hold rally in Regina on Saturday
Large numbers of kids in classrooms, a lack of funding, and overextended staff - those are some of the reasons the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) will hold a rally outside the Legislative Bui...
Apr 28, 2023
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