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Prince Albert Daily Herald Saskatchewan Teachers Federation president Patrick Maze speaks in Prince Albert on Nov. 1, 2019. (Peter Lozinski/Daily Herald) Teachers and their advocates have been making it known that they should be changed to be included in frontline workers eligible for a vaccine. The province, on the other hand believes that teachers can get their shot when their age group becomes available. Health Minister Paul Merriman said during a press conference on Tuesday that both teache...

Saskatchewan leaves teachers, other front-line workers off its vaccine priority list Teachers are among essential workers in Saskatchewan who have been excluded from the province’s vaccine priority list. Other notable omissions include childcare workers, correctional officers and retail clerks who are often dealing with members of the public. Social Sharing

Since April 1, COVID-19 and variant cases have increased 162 percent in Saskatoon and by 83 percent provincewide, including cases in Prince Albert, Nipawin, Humboldt, Strasbourg and Lloydminster. Border communities such as Lloydminster are also at risk from both the B.1.1.7 (UK variant) dominating in Saskatchewan and the P.1 (Brazil variant), which has spread into most regions of Alberta. According to the Province of Saskatchewan’s statistics, as of April 8, 3,086 variants of concern have b...

  SASKATOON -- The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) is urging increased vigilance to protect against COVID-19 and its variants as students to return to class on Monday. The organization was concerned with the rise in cases before the Easter break and called for all schools to move to remote learning to be proactive in preventing the spread, STF president Patrick Maze said in a Saturday news release. “Predictably, case numbers have continued to climb at an exponential rate throughou...

STF urging caution as students return to school By Josh Sigurdson Apr 10, 2021 12:39 PM The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) is asking resident to be extra vigilant to protect against COVID-19 variants when students return to school on Monday. In a news release issued Saturday, STF President Patrick Maze says the organization is concerned with the rise in cases since schools decided to move to remote learning before the Easter. Predictably, case numbers have continued to climb ...

  REGINA -- The 2021-22 provincial budget includes Saskatchewan’s largest education investment in history, with $2.66 billion to support Prekindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms early learning and child care, and libraries and literacy. It’s an increase of $59.6 million from 2020-21. Saskatchewan earmarked $1.96 billion for operating funds for 27 school divisions, which addresses a two per cent salary increase as part of the Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement. This is a $19.2 millio...

STF calls for Level 4 in all schools after Easter due to COVID-19 Saskatchewan Teachers Federation president Patrick Maze speaks in Prince Albert on Nov. 1, 2019. (Peter Lozinski/Daily Herald) On Wednesday the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) called for the Government of Saskatchewan to move all schools to Level 4 (online) learning for a two-week period following the Easter Break, which began Friday. Level 4 means all schools would transition to online, mandatory learning from Monday, ...

Article content The provincial government will have to juggle demands for new funding in the face of strong fiscal headwinds, as it prepares to table another deficit budget on Tuesday. Premier Scott Moe has framed the 2021-22 fiscal plan as a “recovery budget,” while both he and his finance minister have signalled that the government is likely to jettison the four-year balanced budget pledge it made during election season. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your...

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says it would like to see more schools in Saskatchewan move to Level Four, after three school divisions in the Regina area announced last week they would be making the move to remote learning following the Easter break.

The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation is calling on the provincial government to move to Level Four for two weeks after the Easter break. That would me...