TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION, Alta. -A southern Alberta First Nation is to receive funding to help deal with a sharp increase in crime and develop anti-gang programming. Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino joined Chief Roy Whitney from the Tsuut'ina Nation on Tuesday to announce more than $1 million in funding from the Building Safer Communities Fund. With this funding, the Tsuut'ina police can take new initiatives, such as gun control and gang prevention." "The three years of funding will help us understand the analytics of what we're seeing," Blake said.

Source: Daily Nation July 11, 2023 22:47 UTC