Greg Halcrow News Today

UCN is looking for assistance in researching different program models, obtaining information from sponsors, and developing recommendations to create a transition program, per the RFP, which was posted to electronic tendering service MERX. “What we call this I don’t know yet — whether it’s called the transition year or post-secondary preparation or University 1, there are so many different (options) and maybe they can all be looked at,” said Lynette Plett, associate vice-president of...

Shamattawa and Cross Lake First Nations have since approved similar blueprints for the 2021-22 school year. “They enjoyed coming to school, whenever they came to school, but sometimes I had to close down at lunchtime and poof, because there was a case, my hands were tied. I had to look out for the safety of all the students in the school and the staff members,” said Lawrence Einarsson, principal of Kisemattawa Kiskinwahamakew Kamik School in Shamattawa. Einarsson could not approve a sing...