Regina Trades and Skills Centre to fill Sask. job vacancies
Centre opened in Regina Kevin Martel The Regina Trades and Skills Centre creates more space to help teach students and then send them off to jobs that Saskatchewan is having a difficult time...
View ArticleUniversity of Saskatchewan pleased with funding increase
U of S will still face tight budget, happy with cash for building upkeep Karin Yeske The University of Saskatchewan will see a funding increase and cash for some building repairs, among other things...
View ArticleSIAST president pleased with extra cash from Ottawa
Feds set aside more funds for colleges, polytechnical institutes Lasia Kretzel With more money for research, collaborations and apprenticeships, technical institutes across the country are hailing the...
View ArticleU of S could see up to 100 job cuts
Karin Yeske Up to 100 employees at the University of Saskatchewan will be losing their job in the coming weeks.The university is sending layoff notices to address its projected $44.5 million...
View ArticleLonger days, shorter school year for Saskatoon Public Schools
Public school board passes 2013-14 calender Karin Yeske Students and staff at Saskatoon Public Schools are in for a shorter school year with longer days.The Saskatoon Board of Education passed its...
View ArticleSaskatoon group raising money to buy instruments for kids
Volunteers teaching kids the basics on paper mache, want to upgrade to the real thing Trelle Burdeniuk A volunteer-run music program in Saskatoon is hoping to tug at your heart strings as it looks to...
View Article10 months of hiding in Regina; Nigerian students still hoping for a pardon
Adriana Christianson After ten months hiding two Nigerian international students are still holding out hope that they will be able to go back to classes and finish their studies at the University of...
View ArticleOnly professional glassblower in Sask. works at U of S
Rick Elvin is a full-time scientific glassblower who helps professors and students with research projects Trelle Burdeniuk Rick Elvin turns on an eight inch flame in his workshop and starts repairing...
View ArticleStudents react to Saskatchewan teachers one day strike happening Thursday
Some concerned it will last more than one day Bre McAdam High school students in Saskatoon are reacting to news that their teachers won't be coming to school on Thursday because of a one-day strike...
View ArticleGovernment wants reassurance final exams won't be affected by potential work...
Clock is ticking Joel Gasson A plea today from the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee to the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation. They want reassurance from the teachers that final exams won't be...
View ArticleLiving with autism: a Regina parent's story
Judy Bell sees the intelligence locked inside her two children with autism Adriana Christianson Michael Bell is nine years old, but even echoing the word hello and smiling at the camera is enough to...
View ArticleHigh ADHD diagnosis numbers questioned by Yale professor
Lisa Schick Skyrocketing number of children being diagnosed with AAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderin the past 20 years raise many questions for Dr. William Graf, a professor of pediatrics and...
View ArticleEstevan's Pleasantdale Elementary School to be featured on Rick Mercer Report
School raised the most out of any of it's kind for the Spread the Net Challenge Joel Gasson Pleasantdale School in Estevan will be on the Rick Mercer Report Tuesday evening.The school is being...
View ArticleSask. students put a twist on pulse crops during food competition
Food creations judged on originality, taste and use of pulses Bre McAdam Five teams of students specializing in post-secondary food science programs are making brownies, cookies and pasta with...
View ArticleWorking with Autism: Regina vocational program offers brighter future
Grand opening of new facility for Autism Resource Centre features work skills program Adriana Christianson One parent calls it an invisible disability, another says her son could have spent his life...
View ArticlePetition against new student standardized testing
Plan to implement standardized testing in Saskatchewan disconcerting to some Kelly Malone The way that teachers and students are tested could drastically change in Saskatchewan by 2016.In February,...
View ArticleRegina students pledge support to pink shirt anti-bullying event
Nova Scotia man who started pink shirt campaign speaks at rally alongside Roughrider Keith Shologan Courtney Mintenko On Wednesday, 20,000 students in Saskatchewan are expected to don a pink shirt as...
View ArticleSaskatoon students talk bullying
Students at École Henry Kelsey dress in pink and take part in anti-bullying walk Trelle Burdeniuk Wearing a pink headband and sitting in the school library at École Henry Kelsey in Saskatoon,...
View ArticleState of university address speaks to job cuts, aboriginal initiatives
U of S president outlines challenges going forward Bre McAdam A vision for the University of Saskatchewan was laid out to faculty and students Wednesday during its annual meeting of the General...
View ArticleU of S students help peers find jobs with website
Proposed website allows students to bid on job offers Lasia Kretzel Finding temporary employment can be a time consuming and strenuous task for employer and employee alike, but all that could change...
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