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• Could cellphone ban in Ontario schools come to Saskatchewan?

  Ontario's cellphone ban in classrooms raises questions about whether something similar could be coming to Saskatchewan.

  Education

  May 1, 2024
  
• Concerns raised about teacher shortage in N.B. just days before start of school year

  As children get ready to return to the classroom, all four anglophone school districts in New Brunswick are still hiring teachers, causing concern at the NBTA.

  Education

  Aug 31, 2023
  
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• Survey finds B.C. teachers feeling stressed, overwhelmed amid staff crunch

  Over 80 per cent reported "direct impacts" from teacher shortages, while more than two thirds said they faced an increased workload and more stress.

  Education

  May 30, 2023
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• Shortage in Saskatchewan school funding causes growing pains, educators say

  Saskatoon teacher Darcy Warrington said with class sizes getting bigger and bigger each year, government funding given to schools is a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed.

  Education

  Jan 20, 2023
• Upper Grand chair speaks out on mask use and strike by support staff

  Ralf Mesenbrink says the school will do what they can to keep schools open. He says they will continue to follow direction from local public health.

  Education

  Nov 17, 2022
• Ukrainian refugee hopes to realize lifelong dream as student in Winnipeg

  Ksenia Odyntsova and her mother came to Canada in July to escape the war in Ukraine. Now, they're trying to find a school in Winnipeg's Seven Oaks catchment area.

  World

  Sep 7, 2022
• Students returning to class Tuesday in the Okanagan

  In the Central Okanagan alone, about 24,000 elementary and high school students are heading back to class on Tuesday morning.

  Education

  Sep 5, 2022
• Kingston, Ont. area school boards ready for normal return to school

  With the school year fast approaching, the directors of education for both the LDSB and the ALCDSB say it will be similar to what was seen at the end of the last school year.

  Education

  Aug 25, 2022
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• Manitoba mom filling backpacks for Ukrainian children’s first day of school

  Manitoba mom Karen Johnston has been busy filling backpacks for Ukrainian refugee children ahead of the new school year, and is calling on other families to donate to the cause.

  Education

  Aug 16, 2022
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• Moose loose in Saskatoon elementary school building

  A moose got loose in a Saskatoon elementary school building on Nov. 4, 2021.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2021