A new cannabinoid therapy program will be run by the Gitpo Spirit Lodge and has received $1.2 million from Health Canada for two years. The treatment of the 30 participants from Natoaganeg First Nation is expected to begin in January.

At Natoaganeg First Nation next to the powwow grounds, the Miramichi River glistened under the sun. 
Looking out on the water from the picture window in the Gitpo Spirit Lodge, Roger Augustine refle…