The province’s advanced education ministry has committed to funding the colleges’ base operating grant at 2020-21 levels for the next four years. Carlton Trail College will receive $2.46 million per year, St. Peter’s College $1.13 million and Cumberland College $2.37 million. Mark Hoddenbagh, Cumberland College’s president, told Yorkton This Week that having stable, known funding for the next four years is a very positive situation, especially compared to what was happening elsewhere. He pointed to Alberta, where there have been cuts of up to five per cent for some post-secondary funding, adding that amount would be “tough to swallow” for institutions that would be then forced to find alternative revenue sources or make cuts that would impact students.