Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre packing its bags for move to temporary home – APTN News

Chris Nicholas kneels down in the basement of the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax and points at the old boiler that, off and on, keeps the place warm.

It needs to be drained every day, which floods the basement with steaming hot water.

Thing is, Nicholas, from Tobique First Nation, isn’t a maintenance guy.

“I’m an IT guy I’m not a boiler furnace person, but you know we use the resources we have, to stay functioning for our program,” says Nicholas, a member of Tobique First Nation.

Nicholas says the centre is a big part of his life.

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