News - Students

More Provencher students will have an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and earn money for the upcoming school year thanks to a Government of Canada initiative.

Manitoba students in grades 6 to 12 chose a 30-second TV commercial that warns youth about the dangers of second-hand smoke as the most effective anti-tobacco ad in the 2011 Review and Rate Program.

Starting in the fall, students across Manitoba will be able to raise funds for school projects by selling fresh, locally grown vegetables instead of sweets.

Schools throughout Manitoba received a portion of a $10,000 grant for special music projects and events in April as part of Celebrating Music in Manitoba Schools Month.

Minister Toews is further encouraged by the prospects of employment for young people in Provencher thanks to significant investments made by the Stephen Harper Conservative government.

Manitoba has updated its assessment policy with the release of the document Provincial Assessment Policy, Kindergarten to Grade 12, Education Minister Nancy Allan announced today.

Valley City State University head women’s volleyball coach Craig Case is pleased to announce the signing of Anna Neufeld from Steinbach Regional Secondary School in Steinbach, Manitoba.

Amendments to the Public Schools Act requiring food and nutrition policies for schools and banning the sale of foods with high levels of trans fats have been proclaimed, Education, Citizenship and Youth Minister Peter Bjornson and Healthy Living Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross announced.

Vic Toews, Member of Parliament for Provencher, is pleased to congratulate the organizations and students in south eastern Manitoba that will benefit from this year’s federal Canada Summer Jobs program.

The province is building on Manitoba’s first-of-its-kind physician assistant master’s program with legislation that would make physician assistant students associate members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, ensuring the students are governed by the college’s high standards for medical professionalism, Health Minister Theresa Oswald said.