The new chair of the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council says the casino project is on track.

 

Edmund Bellegarde was elected last month to the governing body that represents 11 first nations and will oversee the construction of the Swift Current casino.

He says the Saskatchewan government is currently reviewing the capital estimate on the total project.

"Once that approval process is passed, then the actual tendering of the construction contracts and ordering of materials for the process begins", says Bellegarde.

Bellegarde says they still expect to open the casino doors in late December 2007.