January 11, 2002
Youth centre opens doors
The citys youth now
have another venue to call their own.
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association,
acting on a request from the Baffin Regional Youth Department, opened a centre
for young people at its blue dome building this week.
Under the one-year pilot
project, youth will have access to a centre equipped with a fitness room, a
games room and Internet access.
Pauloosie Kilabuk, an Iqaluit
representative on QIA, announced the centres opening at the city council
meeting on Jan. 8.
He said young people wanted
a venue to hang out in thats centrally located. He said some youth felt
the youth centre in the Arctic Winter Games arena is too far away from Iqaluits
downtown core.
The building will also
house Youth Department offices and a soup kitchen. QIA will run its summer kids
program there as well.
Funding to operate the
centre and run the programs came from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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