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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source WEBEQUIE \u2014 Millions in funding for a cultural recreation centre is great news for this northern First Nation community, a Webequie councillor says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be good for the youth, for the boys and girls. They will be so happy that finally they will get an arena,\u201d Coun. Randy Jacob said Thursday after a provincial funding announcement. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working on that for the last I\u2019m-not-sure-how-many years. For myself, probably over 10 years,\u201d he added. \u201cFinally we got it approved.\u201d The Ontario government announced Thursday that the Webequie First Nation, a fly-in community more than 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, is getting $2 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to build a cultural recreation centre… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source WEBEQUIE \u2014 Millions in funding for a cultural recreation centre is great news for this northern First Nation community, a Webequie councillor says. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be good for the youth, for the boys and girls. They will be so happy that finally they will get an arena,\u201d Coun. Randy Jacob said Thursday after a provincial funding announcement. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working on that for the last I\u2019m-not-sure-how-many years. For myself, probably over 10 years,\u201d he added. \u201cFinally we got it approved.\u201d The Ontario government announced Thursday that the Webequie First Nation, a fly-in community more than 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, is getting $2 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to build a cultural recreation centre... <\/p>\n

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