LaFontaine selected as role model

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Saskatchewan's own Alika LaFontaine is one of a dozen outstanding youth selected by the National Aboriginal Health Organization to be a National Aboriginal Role Model for 2006.

When he was in Grade 4, LaFontaine was labelled as being developmentally delayed, but soon proved how wrong that diagnosis had been.

His parents schooled him at home and by the age of 15 he had completed high school. He earned his bachelor of science degree by age 19 and will graduate from medical school when he is 24.

This year's role models were announced and honoured during a gala held in Ottawa on March 20.