Prince Albert Daily Herald
he Grade 1 class at Reynold’s Central School in Melfort, pictured, placed a rock snake outside the Melfort Hospital to say thank you to health care workers. Classes from Grade 1, Grade 5, Grade 6 and pre-kindergarten painted rocks used in the project./Submitted Photo
Maggie Puttick, an Educational Associate (EA) at Reynolds Central School in Melfort was looking for a way to pay tribute to healthcare workers. On May 21 the first set of rocks were placed in front of Melfort Hospital by Reynold’s Grade 1 class to construct a rock snake to show gratitude to healthcare workers.
“We were looking for a way to show appreciation to healthcare workers in our area and something that we were able to do within the guidelines for the COVID-19 protocol,” Puttick said.
Vancouver Indigenous actor and playwright Taran Kootenhayoo dies
Last Updated Jan 3, 2021 at 10:26 am PDT
(Courtesy GoFundMe/in-memory-of-taran-kootenhayoo)
Summary
Tarn s sister Cheyanna is remembering her brother as funny, forgiving, fearless
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) Taran Kootenhayoo “danced into every room,” according to his sister Cheyanna.
Taran a 27-year-old Indigenous artist, actor, advocate, poet, and playwright passed away suddenly on New Year’s Eve.
Donations and tributes are pouring in from Vancouver’s creative community, with a GoFundMe raising tens of thousands of dollars in mere hours in order to “bring him home to Alberta, and lay our beloved Taran to rest.”
We’ve just heard of the passing of Taran Kootenhayoo. Taran was an incredibly talented poet, writer, and actor, who we were fortunate enough to work with in 2019 on Redpatch. pic.twitter.com/M0G0DonRQ9