Bearspaw First Nation to experiment with shipping container homes

A southern Alberta First Nation is about to put an unconventional housing material to the test — steel shipping containers.

A container home is being designed for the Bearspaw First Nation's Eden Valley reserve, about 100 kilometres southwest of Calgary, as part of a pilot project this summer.

"It's a partnership in designing them both from a technical and cultural standpoint," said Joe Kiss, president of Ladacor, the Calgary-based company working with the First Nation.

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