August 7, 2020
Construction is expected to start in the spring of 2022 on a $7.4-million health and community centre that is being described as “life-changing” for the T’Sou-ke First Nation.
The 10,400-square-foot facility will include offices for the T’sou-ke administration, classrooms to support the teaching of Indigenous language and culture and a community hall for gatherings. The 1,800 square-foot health complex will give doctors, nurses and dentists ample room to treat the T’Sou-ke Nation’s 253 members.
“It’s very exciting,” said Rose Dumont, T’Sou-ke councillor and administrative health co-ordinator. She said it’s the culmination of years of hard work and planning by current and previous councils.
Dumont said the new centre will allow the nation to build on its current services and add new supports for everyone from children to elders. Doctors, dentists and nurses from the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Inter-Tribal Health visit T’Sou-ke regularly. Special clinics are held throughout the year for mammograms, flu shots and other procedures. Programs include diabetes and nutrition workshops, infant programs and literacy classes.