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By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, Saskatchwan-On Monday, September 29, 2025, a historic event took place in \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, in northern Saskatchewan. Premier Moe, together with survivors of the \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse Residential School that operated in the community from the 1860s until the 1970s, signed an Agreement in Principle for compensation relating to the wrongs committed by the residential school system. The \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse Boarding School Steering Committee Inc. is composed of 12 board members representing 20 communities in Northwest Saskatchewan, including but not limited to \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, La Loche, Beauval, Patuanak, Pinehouse, Buffalo Narrows, Turner Lake, Jans Bay, Cole Bay, Green Lake, Dore Lake, Sled Lake, Michel Village, Dillon, and Garson. \u00a0The committee has been actively advocating for Survivors of the \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse School for over two decades. Founding members… <\/p>\n

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By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, Saskatchwan-On Monday, September 29, 2025, a historic event took place in \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, in northern Saskatchewan. Premier Moe, together with survivors of the \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse Residential School that operated in the community from the 1860s until the 1970s, signed an Agreement in Principle for compensation relating to the wrongs committed by the residential school system. The \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse Boarding School Steering Committee Inc. is composed of 12 board members representing 20 communities in Northwest Saskatchewan, including but not limited to \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse, La Loche, Beauval, Patuanak, Pinehouse, Buffalo Narrows, Turner Lake, Jans Bay, Cole Bay, Green Lake, Dore Lake, Sled Lake, Michel Village, Dillon, and Garson. \u00a0The committee has been actively advocating for Survivors of the \u00cele-\u00e0-la-Crosse School for over two decades. Founding members... <\/p>\n

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