Aklavik Indian Band board member Rita Arey says the community, in desperate need of an emergency women’s shelter, recently opened one inside its wellness centre. Arey, who is also the Beaufort Delta representative for the Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories, said almost 35 people took part in a community wellness open house in August last year. She said that’s where a women’s shelter was discussed as a “key priority.” “It was stressed by the RCMP, social services and the N.W.T. government’s wellness department that this was definitely a need for our community and, most importantly, it was for the women and children who are in need of this service,” Arey told Cabin Radio last week. “The community has worked hard since then to make this a reality.

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