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2018 Preliminary Budgets Respond To The Fiscal Challenges Of Today While Building A Stronger City For Tomorrow – City of Winnipeg
November 22, 2017 Preliminary Budgets Represent One of the Lowest Rates of Budgeted Expenditure Growth in the City’s History, Are Balanced Without Any Draw on Financial Stabilization Reserve WINNIPEG – The 2018 preliminary operating and capital budgets tabled at a special Executive Policy Committee meeting are balanced without any draw on the financial stabilization reserve and […]
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Read MoreMinisters committed to improving housing outcomes for Canadians
VICTORIA – Federal, Provincial and Territorial Housing Ministers Federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for housing met today to discuss key priorities for housing in Canada. Ministers agreed to move forward with a renewed federal, provincial and territorial collaboration in housing based on integrity, openness and respect. Ministers discussed the development of a National Housing Strategy […]
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Read MoreCritical Federal Programs Failing First Nations Citizens: AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde on Auditor General’s Fall 2017 Report
Critical Federal Programs Failing First Nations Citizens: AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde on Auditor General’s Fall 2017 Report November 22, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the Auditor General of Canada’s fall 2017 report released yesterday shows that programs and services that are essential for the wellbeing […]
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Read MoreUWinnipeg professor leading Healing Forest Project in North End
It’s one of the oldest parks in Winnipeg, and thanks to the efforts of a UWinnipeg professor and community leaders, St. John’s Park will now be home to a new memorial for Indigenous children lost to the residential school system and outdoor learning place. Titled the Healing Forest Project, the “living memorial” will be a […]
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Read MoreAMC denounces Manitoba’s plan to incentivise guardianship of First Nations children
November 21, 2017 TREATY ONE TERRITORY, MB _ The Manitoba government today announced plans to introduce legislation that would make it difficult for First Nations families to get their children back once they go into care. Currently, there are financial supports in place for foster parents but once they become guardians, those supports are no […]
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Read MoreUniversity of MB: Imagining a Reconciled Canada
NOVEMBER 21, 2017 — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba is inviting the youth in Canada to Imagine a Reconciled Canada. Imagine a Canada is now going into its third year. It is a national arts and leadership program that invites young people to share their thoughts on what the […]
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Read MoreUWinnipeg researchers participate in Indigenous Health Symposium
On Wednesday, November 22 and Thursday, November 23, two UWinnipeg researchers are presenting at the 5th annual Indigenous Health Symposium, Looking Forward, Pushing Back: Research, Resistance, Resurgence, hosted by the University of Manitoba. Keynote Speakers: Wednesday, November 22 at 10:00 am Dr. Mary Jane McCallum & Dr. Scott de Groot White Supremacy and Indigenous Health in Manitoba: Historians Critically […]
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Read More2017 Report: Seafood Farming in Canada is Diverse, Sustainable & Growing
Increased Revenue, High Value Jobs & Indigenous Participation OTTAWA, Nov. 22, 2017 – Canada’s seafood farmers produced a solid year of sustainable growth and new jobs in 2016 according to a new report released today by the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA). The report, Sustainable, Diverse and Growing – The State of Farmed Seafood in […]
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Read MoreU Winnipeg: Passing of Nolan Caribou
November 21, 2017 It is with great sadness that The University of Winnipeg community mourns the sudden death of alumnus Nolan Caribou while in service with the Canadian Armed Forces. Nolan was well known and liked on campus especially within the close-knit community at the Aboriginal Student Services Center. He graduated in autumn 2017 with […]
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Read MoreGovernment Continues Ambitious Program to Make Manitoba Most Improved Province
November 21, 2017 The Manitoba government remains committed to correcting the course and making Manitoba the most improved province in Canada by continuing to fix the province’s finances, improve services and rebuild the economy. This was the message delivered by Lt.-Gov. Janice C. Filmon as she outlined the government’s ambitious program in presenting the throne […]
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