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First Nations was a ‘one-time hit’ By Angela Brown SaskToday.ca
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B AT T L E F O R D S – A Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) training project helped build tiny homes for a number of Battlefords area First Nations. “The BATC Employment Training Centre had funding to have a pilot project to develop tiny homes, tiny cabins,” said Merv Night, the BATC Director of Housing Infrastructure and project manager on the project. “It was a one-time project that was established by the Employment Training Centre.” “The outcome was successful for supporting alternative housing for communities as well as to support in trying to reach the short-
age of housing needs in their communities,” he added. Three tiny homes were built — one each for Sweetgrass First Nation, Saulteaux First Nation, and Moosomin First Nation. The homes are 485 square feet in size and include a second-level loft. Entry-level workers were selected for the project that was completed in the fall of 2025. A certified teacher was contracted to teach the workers the skills to move forward on developing the tiny home units, using engineered drawings developed by the housing team. “Everything was followed according to construction trade for the construction of the building in an urban
setting,” said Night. “They were moved to Sweetgrass, Saulteaux and Moosomin [First Nations].” He describes the structures as cabin-style homes. The project was expected to take 90 days to complete, but ended up taking longer than that due to some barriers along the way. “I’m very appreciative that it is positive outcome,” Night said. He added that many of the workers in the project have gone on to work in the construction trade elsewhere in their communities and outside of their communities. Due to the success of the project, Night said that many communities asked for similar projects for
Photo submitted by Merv Night their areas. But Night said the needs,” he said. “Right the project was a one-time now, we don’t have the cainitiative. pacity to move forward with “We direct them to a ven- doing that again. It was a dor that’s maybe going to one-time hit to complete the start [if there is interest in] project, and we completed developing these cabins for the project.”
NB’s Mennonite Community Closet upset after vandalism destroys donations By Angela Brown SaskToday.ca
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NORTH BATTLEFORD — North Battleford’s Mennonite Community Closet staff are feeling frustrated after finding a fire set by vandals outside the building destroyed many donations on April 19. Manager Barb Rosendahl said
she came to work on April 20 and noticed the debris and ashes left over from the fire. “They burned actually quite a bit of stuff,” she said. “I came to work and found there was like a fire pit and it had ashes all over it.” Rosendahl said staff notified police, the fire department and the city about the incident.
There is no surveillance camera at the back of the store so it is not known who set the fire. “We’ve got to look into trying something different,” Rosendahl said. She hopes that some patrols can be made to the back of the building to increase security. Rosendahl was aware that Continued on page 2
A photo showing some of the debris following the fire. | Photo submitted by Barb Rosendahl
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