It's official, a lease agreement has been reached between SIGA and LP First Nation/Partners. After the financing is in place, there will be the tendering of contracts and the construction begins.

Little Pine leader Chief Wayne Semaganis came to the sod turning along with the mayor of Lloyminster, Gerald Aalbers.

The mayor says he is pleased with this economic diversification and spending in this small and dynamic city located south of Fort Pitt, site of Treaty Six signing in 1876.