Mould keeps hundreds of students away from northern Manitoba school for 2 months – CBC

Community’s K-12 school closed in December; could reopen in coming days, pending test results
Feb 07, 2019

Hundreds of students on a northern Manitoba First Nation haven’t attended school for two months after it was shuttered due to mould concerns.

About 500 students attend the K-12 school on Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, also known as Pukatawagan, Man., located 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. The school teaches students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

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The discovery of mould has left students in the fly-in community like Nadine Sinclair’s 8-year-old son, Nathaniel, on an extended break.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mathais-colob-cree-nation-school-mould-1.5008801