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Former motel rejuvenated for aboriginal housing – Times Colonist

Victoria Native Friendship Centre executive director Bruce Parisian and property manager Linda Ross take a tour of Siem Lelum House on Tuesday. Photograph by: DARREN STONE, Times Colonist

Victoria Native Friendship Centre executive director Bruce Parisian and property manager Linda Ross take a tour of Siem Lelum House on Tuesday. Photograph by: DARREN STONE, Times Colonist

For now, it’s a shabby shell of a 1968 motel undergoing renovation, heavy equipment crowding its courtyard. But in April, the refurbished former Traveller’s Inn at 120 Gorge Rd. will welcome a multi-generational aboriginal community desperately in need of affordable housing. – See more