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Hay River Friendship Centre

Article Origin

Author

Sweetgrass Staff

Volume

4

Issue

7

Year

1997

Page 16

"chequing out" welfare clients

Hay River's Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre has been given the green light to hand out monthly social assistance cheques. The Northwest Territories government approved the transfer of the welfare program to the centre in late April. The first cheques were handed out to eligible clients at the beginning of this month.