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Nezul Be opens doors for renovations celebration
RCMP REPORT Jesse Cole Caledonia Courier
On Sept. 16 at around 10:30 a.m Fort St. James RCMP officers responded to a report of a domestic assault on the Tachie reserve in Tl’azt’en First Nation. A male was reported to have been assaulting a female victim in the middle of a street in Tachie Village. RCMP officers located the suspect and arrested him. The accused was remanded into custody and the female was later located and found to be safe. *** On Sept. 18 at around 10 p.m Fort St. James RCMP officers responded to a report of a domestic assault that took place at the Binche Reserve. It was found that a female had assaulted a male. Police located the female who was later arrested for assault as well as breaching her bail conditions. The female was remanded into custody. *** On Sept. 24 at around 5:30 p.m. Fort St. James RCMP and Search and Rescue workers responded to a report of an intoxicated man operating a boat to cross the lake from Tachie Village to Binche reserve. The boat was reported to be in poor condition with numerous leaks. RCMP officers and Search and Rescue personnel spent hours patrolling the lake until dark. The male was later located having made the trip across the lake safely and with no injuries.
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Jesse Cole Caledonia Courier
Nezul Be Hunuyeh, part of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada, opened its doors to the public last weekend as part of a barbecue and open house celebrating the completion of renovations to their building. The open-house was held at the newly renovated Nezul Be Hunuyeh office building across from Cottonwood Park. Dozens of people, including Nak’azdli Chief Fred Sam and Tl’azt’en acting Chief Paul Felix, came out throughout the afternoon to tour the new parts of the building. Renovations include the addition of a new board room and reception area, a family room and various upgrades to
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For me, this is another benchmark on the path that we’re taking to care for our own children and our own families,
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the pre-existing structure. The afternoon culminated with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the entrance to the new part of the building. Both Chiefs as well as Nak’azdli health director Aileen Prince gave
Top: Bringing old and young together during the ribbon cutting ceremony at Nezul Be Hunuyeh’s open house celebration. Bottom: A community elder joins Tl’azt’en acting chief Paul Felix (middle) and Nak’azdli chief Fred Sam cut the cake. Photos by Jesse Cole.
speeches before a community elder cut the ribbon and cut the cake. Prince addressed the crowd to thank the staff for their patience and hard work. “I’d like to welcome everyone here, I know this has been a long haul for the staff, they’ve been worked to the bone. They’ve also had a lot of patience while the building has been in progress,” said Prince. Prince said that the completion of the building addition was anoth-
er step towards the goal of community child care for Nak’azdli and Tl’azt’en. “For me, this is another benchmark on the path that we’re taking to care for our own children and our own families,” she said. Adding “I think this is a facility that will help us to get on that path and stay on it.” The renovations began in October of 2012 and will help to facilitate the work Nezul Be does within the first nations community.