Take a tour of Yellowknife's new Centre for Northern Families daycare

The Yellowknife Women's Society unveiled its new Centre for Northern Families daycare and childcare centre, a project at least seven years in the making.

For years the groupuseditslocation on Franklin Avenue for both the daycare and to shelter some of the city's homeless women.

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The new daycare buildingwill have four more spaces for infants and toddlers, said Bree Denning, the society's executive director. It will also have weekend programming, and courses for young families.

Denning said she hopes it could be open by the end of March, though that's not for certain.

Click on the video above to take a tour with Denning and CBC's Alex Brockman.Or scroll below to have a look at photos from the open house.