Saskatchewan says it is helping community traumatized by school shooting
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it has been supporting a remote northern community where local leaders say they feel abandoned since a deadly school shooting almost a year ago.
In a 1,200-word email to media Tuesday, the province lists its work with community leaders in La Loche, where a teenage gunman killed four people last January.
Some of the initiatives include a new 14-unit affordable rental housing project, more school counsellors, improvements to adult education and skills training, and the hiring of a mental-health nurse.
The government said it has also provided $480,000 specifically for priority projects at the La Loche Health Centre, including a new X-ray machine.