Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
Tag Archives: education
Sask. creates fund to support teaching innovations amid contract dispute
As the province works to negotiate a new contract with Saskatchewan teachers, the government has announced a new fund to help address classroom issues. The Government of Saskatchewan announced the new...
Jan 10, 2024 The fund means teachers can apply for up to $75,000 in provincial funding to further their ideas for improvements in the classroom. (980 CJME file photo)
Former Legacy Christian Academy student speaks at abuser's hearing
The former athletic director of Legacy Christian Academy will learn his sentence for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor later this month. Aaron Travis Benneweis served as the independen...
Jan 04, 2024 Jennifer Beaudry speaks to media outside of Saskatoon Provincial Court on Jan 4, 2023. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Premier Scott Moe looks back at 2023 and ahead to 2024
An election year looms for Premier Scott Moe as 2023 turns to 2024. The past 12 months have been marked by ongoing battles with the federal government and a controversial fight on the home front. But ...
Dec 30, 2023
More than 5,500 students enrolled at Sask. Distance Learning Centre
More than 5,500 students from around Saskatchewan are taking advantage of a new online education option. According to the Ministry of Education, the newly formed Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre ...
Dec 15, 2023 The Ministry of Education says thousands of Saskatchewan students are taking advantage of the new remote option. (650 CKOM file photo)
STF president says government won't negotiate on 'key issues'
Negotiations have hit a wall after five days of conciliation meetings between the provincial government and teachers. Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, said the con...
Dec 13, 2023 Saskatchewan teachers are headed to the picket line on Tuesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
STF says sanctions 'virtually inevitable' after conciliation stalls
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says five days of conciliation hearings in Regina ended in an impasse. The union said sanctions are now more likely due to the Government-Trustee Bargaining Commi...
Dec 13, 2023 Thousands attended a Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation rally in Regina on April 29, 2023. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. extends student loan forgiveness for nurses to include five more communities
The Saskatchewan government is offering student loan forgiveness to nurses working in five communities where recruitment has been difficult. On Friday, the Ministry of Advanced Education said nurses a...
Nov 24, 2023 Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital. The city is one of five communities where nurses and nurse practitioners will be eligible for student loan forgiveness. (paNOW file photo)
Saskatchewan makes Holocaust education mandatory in schools
Studying the Holocaust will soon be a requirement for high school students across Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Education, a renewed curriculum for Social Studies 10 will soon include a m...
Nov 20, 2023 A man walks next to the ''Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) gate at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
Nearly 2000 supporters show up to education rally in Saskatoon
After Saskatchewan Teachers voted in favour of sanctions Friday, an education rally was held outside the office of Sask Party MLA Paul Merriman on Saturday. Thousands of parents, children and teachers...
Oct 28, 2023 Thousands gather at Saskatoons Education Rally (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Parents' Bill of Rights becomes law in Saskatchewan
For two months, proposed changes to pronoun and sexual education policies in Saskatchewan have divided people across the province. Not surprisingly, on Friday -- after the Parents' Bill of Rights pass...
Oct 20, 2023
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
