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Yukon signs $7.4m school food program agreement with Ottawa
WHITEHORSE - Yukon and the federal government have reached a $7.4-million agreement to improve school food for students in the territory. The agreement will see the federal government invest the fundi...
Mar 10, 2025
Alberta becomes last province to join Ottawa's national school nutrition program
EDMONTON - The Alberta and federal governments have ratified a $42-million agreement to expand meal programs for students. Officials say the federal money will come over three years and supplements Al...
Mar 10, 2025
Saskatchewan, Ottawa sign $16M deal on school food program
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has signed a $16-million deal with Ottawa to expand school food programs. The agreement will see the federal government invest the money over three years. Ottawa s...
Mar 10, 2025
Sask. signs on to National School Food Program in $15.8M agreement
Saskatchewan and the federal government have signed a $15.8 million, three-year agreement under Canada's National School Food Program. The program, which was launched by Ottawa last year, aims to prov...
Mar 10, 2025 The national program aims to provide meals to as many as 400,000 students across Canada. (650 CKOM file photo)
Education Minister Everett Hindley calls new teacher contract a win for students
The province is hearing from the Minister of Education Everett Hindley for the first time since the new teacher's collective bargaining agreement was announced. On Wednesday, Samantha Becotte, Saskatc...
Mar 06, 2025 Education Minister Everett Hindley believes the relationship between the province and teachers is in a good place. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Manitoba drops 'God Save The King' rule at school, tries to enshrine school nutrition
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government put forward sweeping changes to the school day Thursday - eliminating a requirement to sing "God Save The King," paving the way for more Indigenous instruction, and ...
Mar 06, 2025
New flight simulator at Sask. Polytech elevates commercial pilot program
Saskatchewan Polytech's commercial pilot students now have a second flight simulator on which to learn and hone their skills. The school unveiled its second ALSIM flight simulator on Tuesday in Saskat...
Mar 05, 2025 The new simulator was unveiled Tuesday in Saskatoon, offering new opportunities for students in the commercial pilot program. (Saskatchewan Polytech/Submitted)
$20M for class complexity added to Sask. teachers' collective agreement
Twenty million dollars to address class complexity - the number of students in each class who require additional help beyond what teachers normally provide - has been added to the provincial collectiv...
Mar 04, 2025 Samantha Becotte, head of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, will join The Evan Bray Show on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. (980 CJME file photo)
Minister hopes school settlement will help Sask. community heal
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Mtis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The le--la-Crosse boar...
Mar 04, 2025
Sask. increases graduate retention tax credit, offering up to $24,000
The Government of Saskatchewan has increased the tax credits offered to post-secondary students who remain in the province after graduation. The provincial government announced the increase on Tuesday...
Mar 04, 2025 The provincial government says graduates will see their first increased credit when filing their 2025 taxes. (650 CKOM file photo)
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