Saskatoon civic election: Former MLA in race for mayor denies ties to controversial Christian school [Video]

Emails obtained by CTV News show a Saskatoon private school embroiled in abuse allegations considered mayoral hopeful Gord Wyant a “friend,” but he says he cut off contact when the allegations came to light.

In a February 2022 email obtained through a freedom of information request and shared online by a former student of Legacy Christian Academy — now called Valour Academy — former school principal Lou Brunelle is seen reaching out to former Saskatchewan Party MLA Wyant directly.

Brunelle makes a personal appeal, asking the one-time education minister to work behind the scenes to boost the private school’s funding.

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“Gord, we have discussed increased funding for our independent school for several years, and we appreciate your support for that. It’s now been ten years at 50 per cent operational funding,” Brunelle writes in the email, shared on X by former Legacy student Caitlin Erickson.

But Wyant, who …