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.
"One of those challenges is living beside a population of 1.4 million people. With a population that large, there comes crime," said Whitney. Mendicino said it's not just a problem at Tsuut'ina _ it's happening in communities across the country. He said the program is taking direct aim at the root causes of gun crime by boosting local community initiatives.
"The nation will distribute this money to community-led projects that tackle the root causes of crime, initiatives that help young people who are involved in gangs or are at risk of joining them."
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