I really don’t want to end up back on the street’: Aurora Village healing camp to close next week – CBC
Mar 30, 2022
Healing camp is likely to close on April 7, a week after the federal funding supporting it runs out
The inside of Tony Kakfwi’s teepee includes a wood stove emanating warmth, a couple beds, a table cluttered with beading materials, a crackling radio and a few chairs.
It’s a clean space, but more importantly, it’s a space to heal.
He’s been living at a healing camp for those who are homeless and struggling with addiction, run out of Aurora Village— a tourist destination 15 km outside Yellowknife — where, before the pandemic, visitors could warm up in teepees and watch the northern lights.
