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Regina Catholic schools to start administering rapid COVID-19 tests

Posted: May 12, 2021 9:26 AM CT | Last Updated: May 12 The Regina Catholic School Division says that the tests should only be administered to those who do not have symptoms. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press) Rapid antigen COVID-19 tests will start being administered at several high schools in Regina on May 13, with the goal of identifying asymptomatic cases.  As of May 3 the provincial Ministry of Education secured third-party vendor Nobel HSSE Ltd. to administer rapid testing at four schools in the Regina Catholic School Division (RCSD).  Testing is available Monday to Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CST at Dr. Martin LeBoldus Catholic High School, Archbishop M.C. O Neill Catholic High School, Miller Comprehensive Catholic High School and Michael A. Riffel Catholic High School. 

Creighton teacher Fritsch elected to provincial education body

Joining Fritsch on the board will be Nathan Bromm from the South East Cornerstone Teachers’ Association and Ben Goby from the Regina Public Teachers’ Association, who were both previously on the board and were reelected. Fritsch and the other elected members will sit on the board for a two-year term. Four other members of the executive board - Neal Boutin, Vincent Mamer, Gwen Paul and Laura Skrumeda Sawby - were elected to the board last year and will be up for reelection again in 2022. The STF is the professional organization for teachers in publicly funded Saskatchewan schools - the group covers over 13,000 teachers across the province.

Mandryk: Childcare another industry suffering through COVID-19 pandemic

Article content Jenifer Kostur wholeheartedly supports the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) demands that educators who spend their days exposed to large groups of children be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines, regardless of their age. The executive director of Solid Futures Learning Centre in Regina just wishes workers in licensed daycares like hers were viewed in the same way as teachers in schools. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Mandryk: Childcare another industry suffering through COVID-19 pandemic Back to video “I see (STF president) Patrick Maze on TV all the time,” said Kostur, referring to the recent successful bid to extend the early vaccination policy to teachers. Early childhood educators were not included in the change.

Potential variant COVID-19 case identified at Saskatoon high school

  SASKATOON A positive COVID-19 case at a Saskatoon high school is being investigated as a variant of concern. Late Sunday evening, the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) of the case identified at St. Joseph’s High School. “We are working with Public Health to notify parents and caregivers. SHA is recommending that all close contacts get tested. Risk of exposure for anyone not considered a close contact remains low,” GSCS said in a news release. The affected cohorts will switch to online learning. On Saturday, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation renewed its call for Saskatoon schools to switch to online learning due to the number of variant cases in the city.

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