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New family wellness centre planned for Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 14, 2024

Iqaluit is getting a new family wellness centre, according to Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk.

The new centre will be housed in a Government of Nunavut building in the Happy Valley neighbourhood previously utilized as a group home for girls.

“With seven bedrooms, programming space and office facilities, the family wellness centre is a valuable and safe resource that will provide emergency foster placement for children when needed,” Nakashuk said in the legislative assembly Tuesday in a minister’s statement.

She said a “more meaningful name” for the centre will be selected after the department consults with elders.

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