Sask. apologizes, agrees to pay $40M to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse residential school – CBC
Sep 29, 2025
Court of King’s Bench expected to approve the proposed settlement in early 2026
WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools.
In 1967, when Melvina Aubichon was five years old, her parents took her across the lake from Patuanak to the residential school in Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask. — a scene that repeated again year after year.
“September was always the loneliest time for me,” she said. “We would watch my mom and dad go across the lake, and it was so lonely, being left behind as a child, very lonely.”
