The NAIT Boreal Research Institute (nBRI), based in Peace River, announced to Town Council on Monday (Dec. 3) that the institute has approved funding for a new research facility to be constructed in Peace River.

Institute Director Hugh Seaton told council the project would cost $4.6 million, of which half of the funding would come from NAIT ($2.6 million) and the other funds coming from federal and provincial research grants.

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