Six Northwestern Ontario First Nations funded for multi-purpose centres – TBNewsWatch.com
Patty Hajdu announced nearly $3.8 million in FedNor funding
OTTAWA — Keewaytinook Okimakanak, a Chiefs Council in Northwestern Ontario, is receiving $3.75 million from FedNor, the federal economic development agency for Northern Ontario.
It will use the funding to build new multi-purpose training, art, cultural and entrepreneurial centres in each of the six remote First Nations that it represents.
Community centres that include training and education space will be constructed in each of Deer Lake, Fort Severn, Poplar Hill, North Spirit Lake, Keewaywin and McDowell Lake First Nations.
