The snow-covered Confederation building is seen in Ottawa on March 10, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
The federal government says it has signed a proposed financial settlement with former students of a Saskatchewan residential school that could see each student receive up to $15,000.
The agreement follows a long-running class action lawsuit and could see Ottawa pay out more than $27 million to former students. The Île-à-la-Crosse School operated from the 1860s until the 1970s and had approximately 1,500 students; predominantly Métis children from across northern Saskatchewan.
