SLAAMB negotiations with HRSD moving forward to re-open office and services
The Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board (SLAAMB) met with federal government officials from Human Resources Skills Development (HRSD) on Wednesday in Thunder Bay to continue the negotiations to re-open the Sioux Lookout based operation. Members of the Chiefs political group, the board and Bob Bruyere, SLAAMB Program Manager attended this meeting. An agreement in priniciple was worked out where "it would business as usual" for the SLAAMB office once the chiefs meet on April 26 in Sioux Lookout to review the terms and conditions that are being submitted this week to HRSD.
The story about this meeting was also reported in Thursday's Chronicle Journal (Thunder Bay) on the front page.
Click here to read last week's article about the closure of the office that was in the April 7 issue of the Chronicle Journal.