Neskantaga First Nation’s youth from JK-8 began classes on Monday, September 14, at a Toronto hotel that they are staying at as evacuees. The First Nation was evacuated in August after sewage backup contaminated the Rachael Bessie Sakanee Memorial Health Centre, and its members have been living in a hotel in Toronto during renovations and remediation. While classes at the hotel will be different from the experience of learning at the familiar Neskantaga Education Centre, it will ensure that the about 90 Neskantaga children can attend classes, explained Neskantaga First Nation Chief Gary Quisess told Newswatch. “They’re not happy right now, because they know the school year has started and they want to attend classes,” he said in a phone interview. Creating a means for those youngsters to
