“We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create Canada’s premier centre for excellence in mental health and additions in B.C.’s Northeast,” says Mukhtar Latif, of Pomegranate Housing Consultancy. Article content

The North Wind Wellness Centre Society and Treaty 8 First Nations have put forward a plan to repurpose the Site C workers camp into a permanent asset that would deliver transformational health care services. Article content Article content

The worker accommodation facility was built to house 1,600 workers and it came with a wide range of services and utilities. Now that the work of building the dam is complete, the site is about to be decommissioned.

“This facility will address a more than six month wait-list for people needing treatment in Northern B.C.,” says Latif.

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