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Saskatoon public schools require staff to show vaccination proof
Saskatoon Public Schools is joining a growing list of organizations requiring proof of vaccination. The new rules were shared with staff on Wednesday and made public the following day. "This administr...
Oct 01, 2021
Sask. teacher tackling big issues of racism, diversity in online classroom
Big, topical issues like racism, multiculturalism and residential schools are extremely prevalent today -- and one Swift Current teacher is making them accessible to her students. The students are as ...
Sep 16, 2021 Meral Choudhry following her graduation from the University of Regina. Choudhry now teaches grade one at Chinook Cyber School in Swift Current. (Meral Choudhry/Submitted)
Regina woman’s good deed eases back-to-school stress for parents in need
For more than 100 parents in Regina, the pressure to find money to pay for school supplies can be stressful. It’s thanks to Amanda McCall that burden is taken care of. McCall, a resident in the ...
Sep 01, 2021
Anxiety, optimism as many Montreal kids return to class amid COVID's fourth wave
MONTREAL - Seven-year-old Jayda Watts-Simeon was bouncing up and down with excitement on Tuesday at the chance to be back in school. Wearing a medical mask and carrying a pink backpack covered in imag...
Aug 31, 2021
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
The Education Department announced Monday that it's investigating five Republican-led states with universal mask bans, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabili...
Aug 30, 2021
'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. school board
VICTORIA - A report that found systemic racism in a British Columbia school board and called for a provincewide review is "vindicating," the deputy chief of a First Nation in the province said Saturda...
Aug 28, 2021
Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida school districts can legally require their students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a judge ruled Friday, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his...
Aug 27, 2021
3 groups of students freed in Nigeria in 24-hour period
MINNA, Nigeria (AP) - Authorities in northern Nigeria announced three separate groups of kidnapped students were freed within a 24-hour period, prompting speculation late Friday that large ransoms had...
Aug 27, 2021
B.C. reintroduces mandatory mask policy, including for students in Grades 4 and up
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reintroducing a public health order requiring people to wear masks in all indoor public spaces including malls, grocery stores and on transit starting Wednesday to help ...
Aug 24, 2021
School mask mandate ban challenged in new Utah lawsuit
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A ban on school districts requiring masks is forcing parents of vulnerable kids to wrestle with the painful choice of whether to risk coronavirus infections at school or keep the...
Aug 23, 2021
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