Public Notice

Notice of intent to make a determination

Keeseekoose Education Center Drainage – Public Comments Invited

April 1, 2026 – Indigenous Services Canada must determine whether the proposed Keeseekoose Education Center Drainage project title is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. To help inform this determination, Indigenous Services Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination.

Written comments must be submitted by May 1, 2026 to:

Indigenous Services Canada
Alvin Hamilton Building, 1783 Hamilton Street
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2B6
Email: isc-skenv@sac-isc.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

Keeseekoose First Nation is planning to install two drainage features around the community's Education Center to manage surface runoff. The existing natural drainage path, which runs from the culverts under the highway east of the school to the creek a quarter section west of the school, was disrupted when the Education Center was built. Surface runoff now ponds around the school and is unable to reach the channel that leads to the creek, resulting in flooding of the school basement rather than draining to the creek. The project will reestablish a drainage swale around the school so that runoff from the culverts is directed to a continuous downhill channel around the school and back into the natural channel and the creek. The swales will be created using heavy equipment and seeded with grass.  Rock rip rap may be added at the culvert outlets to protect against high flows. A second swale will be created alongside the school to manage runoff from snowfall and rain.