B.C. First Nation moving ahead with off-reserve, Indigenous-led health-care centre – Global News

April 20, 2022

A First Nation in British Columbia is moving forward with plans for an Indigenous-led primary health-care centre, which will be built off-reserve to serve both Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients.

The project is a part of a reconciliation agreement reached last month between the B.C. government and the Sts’ailes First Nation, which includes $2.5 million to help purchase land for the site.

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The facility will be built in Harrison Mills, adjacent to Highway 7.

“We chose to build it there so that it will benefit our neighbouring communities,” Sts’ailes Chief Ralph Leon told Global News.

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