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'A really big deal': Years in the making, Piikani Nation to build new school for hundreds of students

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Piikani Nation has received $50 million for a new school that will accommodate 600 students from kindergarten to Grade 12.

The new school will replace the community’s existing institution, built in 1959 , which admits about 300 students and members of the Nation say is filled with asbestos.

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu acknowledged the significance of the project.

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