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Article content A new indigenous skills training program, to be offered by Portage College in the New Year, will teach up to 24 students basic home construction and maintenance skills in a six-month course that will be a part of a Cenovus housing initiative to build homes in six First Nations and Métis communities closest to Cenovus oil sands operations in northern Alberta. The housing initiative, first announced in January, commits $10 million per year to build much-needed new houses, includi...

Article content A new indigenous skills training program, to be offered by Portage College in the New Year, will teach up to 24 students basic home construction and maintenance skills in a six-month course that will be a part of a Cenovus housing initiative to build homes in six First Nations and Métis communities closest to Cenovus oil sands operations in northern Alberta. The housing initiative, first announced in January, commits $10 million per year to build much-needed new houses, includi...