Feds announce $14.9M investment for new Elders Lodge in Lytton after 2021 fire

LYTTON — The federal government has announced its latest commitment to rebuilding Lytton after the wildfire that affected the village and its neighbouring Indigenous communities in the summer of 2021.

On Friday, December 19, Wade Grant, parliamentary secretary to the minister of environment and climate change, joined Chief Jordan Spinks of the Kanaka Bar Indian Band to announce the $14.9 million investment into the construction of a new Chief Spintlum Elders Lodge.

“Safe, stable housing is fundamental to health and well-being as people age, and the rebuilding of the Chief Spintlum Elders Lodge reflects this understanding,” said Josie Osborne, provincial minister of health.

“This federal investment will help ensure more Elders in the Lytton area can access culturally safe care that is rooted in community, connection and Indigenous ways of knowing.”