Posted: Jan 23, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 23
Sheri Pranteau leads a team of Indigenous support workers to help people who are Indigenous and homeless.(Eric Dicaire/CBC)
A large trailer sits in a parking lot behind the Mount Royal Metro station. It s bright and colourful, adding life to a parking lot that is otherwise washed out with snow and construction. Large letters are written on its side: Wapikoni: First Nations travelling audiovisual and creation studio.
Wapikoni is a not-for-profit based in Montreal. They once used the trailer to hold audiovisual workshops for Indigenous youth, but during the pandemic it serves a different purpose. Sheri Pranteau and her team of support workers use it as a home base for the Indigenous Support Workers Project.
Work to continue on Sudbury s Place des Arts, even with latest lockdown orders
A provincial order to shut down non-essential construction sites won t affect a major project in downtown Sudbury.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2021 1:30 PM ET | Last Updated: January 14
Place des Arts executive director Leo Therrien. He says they aim to have the cultural centre completed by the fall.(@placedesartsdesudbury/Facebook)
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