Truro Daily News January 12, 2001

Power arrangers
New centre a sign of things to come for Millbrook

By Ryan Craswell

MILLBROOK -- The Truro Power Centre was officially opened yesterday, signalling a new era in economic development on the first nation reserve in Millbrook.

Premier John Hamm and Northern Affairs Minister Robert Nault helped Chief Lawrence Paul cut the ribbon to open the centre, ending over two years in planning and preparation.

The Power Centre, located at exit 13A off Highway 102, currently houses a Needs/Green Gables convenience store, Ultramar Gas Centre and a Tim Hortons outlet, with Sobeys preparing to construct a new state-of-the-art store on 50 acres of land it has leased for the next 40 years.

"We are finally achieving something that for a long time we only talked about," said Paul. "Now it has become a reality and it is a very wonderful feeling."

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