School lockdown - Local RCMP members scan inside Whitewood School during a lockdown exercise April 28. The drill, which also involved members of Whitewood Fire Department and Whitewood EMS, was a training exercise for students, staff and emergency personnel to help prepare for what they hope never happens. (Ryan Kiedrowski/Grasslands News)

Within seconds of being informed “your school is now under lockdown,” halls and public areas of Whitewood School fell completely silent; nobody in sight. This was the scene on the morning of April 28 as the school participated in its most recent lockdown drill. That silence was soon broken as RCMP vehicles surrounding the school […]

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