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Saskatoon Public Schools appoints Charlene Scrimshaw as director of education
Saskatchewan's largest school division has a new director of education. Saskatoon Public Schools announced on Friday that Charlene Scrimshaw, one of the division's deputy directors, will take over the...
Mar 01, 2026 Charlene Scrimshaw, who is originally from Big River, also sits on the Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation’s board, and is the president of the board for Persephone Theatre. (Saskatoon Public Schools/Submitted)
Mother of school attack victim says daughter 'will always wear the evidence of these crimes'
A joint submission requesting a three-year sentence has been made by Crown and defence lawyers in the case of a 16-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to attempted murder after lighting a fellow student ...
Feb 27, 2026 The mother of the victim who was set on fire speaks outside of Saskatoon’s Court of King's Bench on Feb. 26, 2026. Her face cannot be shown due to a publication ban on the victim’s identity. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon's new school has been named misiwe-kisik | One Sky
Saskatoon Public Schools announced the official name of the new city centre school on Feb. 13, as misiwe-kisik | One Sky. The school, set to open in 2027, is taking over the site of the former Princes...
Feb 14, 2026 The name misiwe-kisik | One Sky came from a student, although superintendent of education Marnie Ross said it followed a common theme in many of the suggested names. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Former Christian school principal to be sentenced for assault with a weapon in December
The former principal of a Saskatoon Christian will receive his sentence next month after he was found guilty of assault with a weapon. Duff Arthur Friesen was found guilty of assaulting a former stude...
Nov 28, 2025 Duff Friesen is one of several former staff members of Legacy Christian Academy to face criminal charges after a number of former students came forward with abuse allegations. (650 CKOM file photo)
Students at Saskatoon's Centennial Collegiate sent home after small fire
Students at Saskatoon's Centennial Collegiate were sent home for the day after the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a report of a small fire inside the Nelson Road school on Tuesday morning. The...
Oct 28, 2025 The fire department said the school was safely evacuated on Tuesday morning. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sarah Mills: Our first high school parent-teacher night is in the books
With her daughter moving up to high school, Sarah Mills shares some observations from her first high school parent-teacher night, which brought back some nostalgia for her own time in school. The Mill...
Oct 17, 2025
Sask. govt issues apology to former students of Île-à-la-Crosse School, restitution planned
Warning: This story contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting to some readers. Find the 24-hour Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. The Government of Saskatche...
Sep 29, 2025 Survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse residential school at the Whitecap Dakota Dunes Resort Hotel on Jan. 24, 2023. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Teen injured in assault by would-be robbers while walking to school: Police
A 16-year-old boy was allegedly attacked by would-be robbers while walking to school in Saskatoon's Pacific Heights neighbourhood on Thursday morning. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, office...
Sep 18, 2025 “The suspects demanded the victim’s property and produced a knife; a brief struggle ensued and the victim received cuts to his head as a result,” police said in a statement. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating
The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, tha...
Sep 12, 2025 Casey Cuny, an English teacher at Valencia High School, works on his computer as he prepares for class in Santa Clarita, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Murray Wood: Important life lessons as kids head back to school
Murray Wood liked to needle his kids on the night before they went back to school, and they'd return the favour during summer vacation. As his grandchildren start Grade 1, he plans to continue the tra...
Sep 03, 2025
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