A special commemoration of Juneteenth will take place on Saturday, June 19 at 2 p.m. in the pavilion adjacent to the Rec. Park building, which can be accessed from Long
Posted: Mar 15, 2021 4:45 PM CT | Last Updated: March 15
Quintin Robertson, director of education for the Good Spirit School Division, said 17 classrooms at the Yorkton Regional High School were exposed to the COVID-19 variant. Seven teachers at Davison elementary school in Melville were deemed close contacts of a COVID-19 variant case.(Sofia Rodriguez/CBC)
Individuals at two schools in Saskatchewan s Good Spirit School Division have tested positive for COVID-19 variants of concern, prompting the division to move nearly 1,000 students to online learning.
Families with children attending Davison School in Melville and Yorkton Regional High School in Yorkton received emails on Sunday, letting them know classes were cancelled at both schools for Monday. As of Tuesday, students will move to online learning until March 23.
A Court of Queen’s Bench decision on a local lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for public education in Saskatchewan, and possibly across the country. Last week, Justice Donald Layh ruled on a 12-year-old challenge by the Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) of Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools’ (CTTCS) right to receive funding for non-Catholic students. Layh’s verdict was that the government must stop funding non-minority faith students to attend separate schools. Although the judge acknowledged minority faith, meaning Catholic, education rights are protected under the Constitution Act and Saskatchewan Act, he wrote that the Constitution “does not provide a constitutional right to separate schools in Saskatchewan to receive provincial government funding respecting non-minority faith students.”
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A 10-year-old girl, who has ties to Whitecourt, made national headlines recently as the victim of what her father calls a racially-motivated comment.
Isabella Kulak, whose grandparents live in Whitecourt where her father grew up, wore a traditional ribbon skirt to her school in Kamsack, Sask. for formal day and was told it wasn’t proper attire.
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Christopher Kulak, who grew up in Whitecourt, has done interviews with media across the country after a post by his sister-in-law on social media spread across Canada.
REGINA Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned handmade skirts adorned with bands of ribbon are worn by Indigenous women during ceremonies and as an expression of cultural pride […]