THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017 VOLUME 8 EDITION 7 SERVING SELKIRK, LOCKPORT, ST. ANDREWS, ST. CLEMENTS, WEST ST. PAUL, CLANDEBOYE, PETERSFIELD, WINNIPEG BEACH, GARSON, DUNNOTTAR & TYNDALL Getting geared up for hockey season RECORD PHOTO BY LINDSEY ENNS Mike Talbot, pictured left, and Steven Cross, pictured right, help load a pair of hockey skates into a school bus parked outside West St. Paul School last Saturday afternoon. Staff and students at the local school held a hockey drive with hopes of fi lling the bus full of donated hockey equipment for youth living in Red Sucker Lake First Nation. For another photo, see page 7. news > sports > opinion > community > people > entertainment > events > classifi eds > careers > everything you need to know Win a chance to double your RRSP/TFSA contribution*. 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School Division has been hit with an to prepare students for the jobs and have their budget wrapped up by the For the 2016-17 school year, LSSD overall two per cent provincial educa- society of the future, which means we end of this month to meet the dead- trustees approved their $58 million tion funding decrease for the 2017-18 need to invest more in education, not line. budget along with a 5.76 per cent tax school year, according to Supt. Scott less,” Kinew stated in a release on Feb. The local school division previously hike. Kwasnitza. 1. “But today, the Pallister government held four public forums leading up to The increase equated to approxi- He added the overall funding de- has said it will give public schools mil- their 2017-18 draft budget delibera- mately $96 a year, or $7 a month, for a crease is due to the division’s declin- lions less than they will need to keep tions. house assessed at $283,000. ing enrollment and although it may up with infl ation and rising costs.” Kwasnitza said it was important for At that time, Kwasnitza said the divi- seem small, the decrease will make Kwasnitza said LSSD trustees were the division to get feedback from vari- sion receiving a zero per cent increase for “a very diffi cult budget delibera- set to have their fi rst budget delibera- ous community members early on be- in provincial funding for fi ve conser- tion year.” tion meeting on Tuesday.