Batchewana First Nation getting community centre.

Batchewana First Nation is opening a $1.9-million community centre that will provide a space for cultural activities, job-skills training, health services, conferences and retail businesses.

The province's Aboriginal Community Capital Grants Program is providing $501,500 for the project, which will also create jobs and promote economic development opportunities in the community. The community centre will include a 1,378-square-foot conference facility that can seat up to 140 people, a business incubation centre, retail stores, health and education facilities, a banquet hall, a full-service kitchen, and a computer centre.

"Batchewana First Nation is comprised of four separate land bases. Today, all of the people from each of our villages are celebrating," Chief Dean Sayers said in a statement.

Our communities are now able to receive the same quality of programs...