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Sask Polytech's hockey stick car revs up at world competition
A Saskatchewan school has revved up a worldwide competition with a car made partly out of hockey sticks. Saskatchewan Polytechnic competed in the 2023 Shell Eco-marathon World Championship in Bangalor...
Oct 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Polytechnic's car made out of hockey sticks competes in India. (Saskatchewan Polytechnic/Facebook)
Saskatoon mayor says he wants provincial pronoun legislation withdrawn
Saskatoon's mayor has weighed in on the proposed pronoun law making its way through the Legislature Assembly in Regina. The proposed legislation requires schools to inform parents when a student under...
Oct 18, 2023 "What is happening in Gaza is unbearable. Far too many innocent lives have been lost already on all sides," Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark wrote on Facebook. (650 CKOM file photo)
Enrolment numbers rising at Sask Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is experiencing a surge in enrolment, thanks in large part to a rapidly growing number of international students. In a release Wednesday, the school said 11,463 students were ...
Oct 18, 2023 Fall enrolment numbers have increased year over year at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. (infoaboutcompanies.ca)
Education minister, NDP leader concerned over potential teacher strike
As tensions continue to rise between the government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, there are growing concerns over the potential for a teachers' strike. In a news release, the union said t...
Oct 17, 2023
Regina Public Schools responds after minister places blame for pronoun policy
Throughout the life of the provincial government's pronoun policy, the government has been slowly talking more about what prompted it - along with the other two education policies around sex education...
Oct 17, 2023
Saskatoon Catholic Schools continue to see record enrolment
The board chair for the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) says the need for new schools is becoming more urgent to keep up with rapid growth. The school district topped 22,000 kids for the fir...
Oct 17, 2023 The Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division says urgency is growing for a new school after topping 22,000 students for the first time (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. teachers to vote on sanctions, job action possible
Teachers across the province are to vote next week on sanctions, which could result in future job action as the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) accused Premier Scott Moe of emphasizing "wedge ...
Oct 16, 2023
Pair of polls suggest Canadians divided on Sask. pronoun policies
Two polls held this month suggest Canadians are split almost evenly on Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy. The policy - which has created a storm of controversy in the province and beyond - requires sc...
Oct 12, 2023 Hundreds rallied in Regina showing their opposition to the government's pronoun policy as MLAs returned early to try and make it law. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Pronoun legislation yet to be introduced as two-week sitting begins
Though the provincial government had hoped to get going right away on the work of passing its pronoun and school policies, things started slowly on Tuesday. The controversial new policies require scho...
Oct 11, 2023
Hundreds rally in Regina against pronoun policies as province pushes forward
Protesters against Saskatchewan's controversial education policies gathered at the Legislative Building on Tuesday as the government worked to make the new policies law. The new policies require paren...
Oct 10, 2023 Hundreds of people gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislature to show their opposition to the school pronoun policy being forced into law. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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