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Before they are even handed the keys to their new home on Cold Lake First Nation, Sara Piche and David Coker are standing in the backyard planning to extend the deck.
“We’ve been waiting for this a long time,” said Piche about finally having a house to call their own on the reserve.
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Housing is hard to come by on CLFN. There are only about 300 homes on the reserve, but there are 3,000 band members, and, as a result, Chief Roger Marten said a lot of people had to leave the reserve years ago, because there simply was no room .