Tupper School District No. 196, 1890-1964
- Local Government
- 1890-1964
Located northeast of Saltcoats, Saskatchewan.
Tupper School District No. 196, 1890-1964
Located northeast of Saltcoats, Saskatchewan.
Three Lakes School District No. 4653, 1926-1967
Located between east and west Coteau Lakes, northeast of Clear Lake Regional Park, and near Sybouts, Saskatchewan.
Aberdeen was organized as a Saskatchewan village on March 13, 1907. Aberdeen was subsequently proclaimed a town on November 1, 1988.
Aberdeen was proclaimed a Saskatchewan town on November 1, 1988. Aberdeen was previously organized as a village on March 13, 1907.
Prairie South School Division No. 210 of Saskatchewan, 2006-
Prairie South School Division No. 210 was established on January 1, 2006 through the Government of Saskatchewan's amalgamation of rural school divisions. Prairie South is composed of several former school divisions (Moose Jaw Public; Thunder Creek; Borderland; Golden Plains; and Red Coat Trail) and portions of the former Davidson and Herbert School Divisions.
The division currently (2022) includes 38 schools in 19 rural and urban communities in southern Saskatchewan, including Assiniboia; Avonlea; Bengough; Caronport; Chaplin; Coronach; Craik; Gravelbourg; and Moose Jaw. The division has approximately 7100 students and 1400 staff.
Prairie South School Division is governed by an elected Board of Education consisting of a Chair and nine trustees who are not employees of the school division. The Board members serve four year terms. The Board’s duties and powers include administering and managing the educational affairs of the school division; exercising general supervision and control over the schools in the division; providing and maintaining school accommodations, equipment and facilities; and appointing and employing qualified teachers, principals and other staff. The Director of Education is chosen by and is responsible to the Board of Education and is supported by other senior administrators, including Superintendents of Education. The division receives funding primarily from property taxes; grants from the federal and provincial governments; tuition and related fees; and income interest. The division office is located in Moose Jaw.
Balfour Collegiate (Regina, Sask.)
This school opened on September 2, 1930 as Balfour Technical School and was named after former Regina mayor, city clerk, and lawyer James Balfour. It initially operated as a technical school with an attached commercial high school, and was able to offer unemployed adults secretarial, accounting and industrial courses. In 1984, the name was changed to Balfour Collegiate.
Debden Rural Telephone Company 1971-1977
The Debden Rural Telephone Company was formed in 1971 after absorbing the Mattes Rural Telephone Company and Ormeaux-Victoire Rural Telephone Company. It operated in the rural Debden area until 1977.
Lampman Rural Telephone Company, 1914-1977
The Lampman Rural Telephone Company was incorporated in 1911 to provide telephone service in the Lampman area of Saskatchewan. It was served by the Lampman Local Exchange Board beginning in 1914, along with four other small rural telephone companies: Lampman North, Landau, Wilberforce-Lampman and Grimes (later Cullen), all with representation on the Exchange board. In 1934 Cullen, Lampman North, Landau and Wilberforce-Lampman rural telephone companies amalgamated with Lampman Rural Telephone Company. In the following years other small telephone companies were also absorbed including Steelman (1946), Lampman Urban (1947?) and Browning (1948?).
In 1964, Saskatchewan Government Telephones (SaskTel), acquired control of the town system in Lampman. SaskTel put up a new building, and installed an automatic exchange that included a new dial system. On January 13, 1977, SaskTel, as part of an effort to centralize all telephone operations in the province, assumed complete control of rural lines handled by the Lampman Rural Telephone Co. The Lampman Rural Telephone Co. held its last board meeting on March 3, 1977.
Saskatchewan Relief Commission, 1931-1934
The Saskatchewan Relief Commission was established by the J.T.M. Anderson Government in 1931 to administer the provincial assistance (relief) program and centralize all existing provincial relief agencies. A proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor on August 25, 1931 appointed Henry Black as chair and Pearl Johnston, Albert E. Whitmore, William A. Munns and William G. Yule as commissioners. The commissioners were responsible for formulating policy while C.B. Daniel, general manager, was the chief administrative officer. The Commission managed the spending of $31.5 million and provided direct relief, such as food, clothing, fuel, shelter and medical care, distributed through the rural municipalities. The Saskatchewan Relief Commission was disbanded on August 15, 1934.