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Federal Government Signs Proposed Settlement with Île-À-La-Crosse School Survivors
The $77 million settlement includes up to $15,000 per survivor and a $10 million legacy fund to address cultural loss and abuses at the boarding school, pending court approval.
- On Thursday in Île-à-la-Crosse, proposed settlements were announced involving former students and the federal and Saskatchewan governments, based on a March 2025 federal agreement with $27-million plus a $10-million legacy fund.
- Survivors filed a proposed class action because Île-à-la-Crosse School operated from about 1860 until the 1970s and was excluded from the 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
- An independent, court-appointed third-party administrator will decide individual awards, and a two-day hearing is scheduled at the end of March.
- The Court of King's Bench must approve settlements; Melvina Aubichon stated the institution caused `much mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural harm`.
- Amid local memorials and apologies, most survivors were from Métis communities across northwest Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan premier issued an apology to survivors.
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Ottawa Signs $27M Proposed Settlement With Former Students of Saskatchewan Residential School
The federal government says it has signed a proposed financial settlement with former students of a Saskatchewan residential school that could see each student receive up to $15,000. The agreement follows a long-running class action lawsuit and could see Ottawa pay out more than $27 million to former students. The Île-à-la-Crosse School operated from the 1860s until the 1970s and had approximately 1,500 students; predominantly Métis children fro…
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Ottawa signs settlement with survivors of boarding school in Saskatchewan
ÎLE-À-LA-CROSSE - The Canadian government has signed a $27-million settlement agreement with abuse survivors of a boarding school in Saskatchewan that housed Métis and First Nations children.
·Niagara Falls, Canada
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