Returning home to Canada with a Commonwealth Cup title, Saskatchewan lacrosse athlete Brody McLeod was greeted by members of his Wahpeton Dakota Nation community.
PRINCE ALBERT Victor Thunderchild had knowledge that can’t be learned in a book, former student Carmen Fourstar says. Thunderchild helped her navigate racism and connected traditional education to Indigenous knowledge, she says. He was also teaching her son Brock, who is in Grade 12. “It was comforting when I was a teenager to have that classroom to go to, to have that connection with Mr. Thunderchild.” Thunderchild, a well-loved and respected guidance counsellor at Prince Albert’s Carlton Comprehensive, died Saturday morning after contracting COVID-19. He was among those in the education community who have been vocal about the need for teachers and other school staff to be higher on the priority list for vaccinations.