A place to stay in Rankin Inlet

Tagak Curley, the MLA for Rankin Inlet North, is pleased with the government decision to open a new health centre in Rankin Inlet this fall, but has questions about accommodations for people visiting the health centre.

“With the new health centre built in Rankin Inlet, where are these people going to stay?” he asked Levinia Brown, the minister of health and social services.

Curley said people passing through Rankin have to billet somewhere or stay in a hotel.

Minister Brown said that while 20 units are being built for patients, “we do not have a boarding home at this time.” She said that she would work with the hamlet and the department of health to make sure a solution is found before the health centre opens.