Federal Funding

The Rat Portage First Nation is getting two million dollars from thefederal and provincial levels of government for a new communityrecreational center.

The funding was announced by Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford on Friday.
Chief of Rat Portage, Ken Skead says the center will have a couple of purposes.

Skead says they hope to start construction in the next couple of weeks and have the community center complete in the next 18 months.

He says it will be located near Second Portage.