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Thompson homeless resource shelter enters 1st winter under Indigenous leadership – CBC
Dec 04, 2023 Wellbreity Centre focussed on safety, security for clients and surrounding community An Indigenous-led homeless shelter is aiming to bring safety and security as it begins its first winter running the resource. Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) — an advocacy organization that represents First Nations in northern Manitoba — assumed the operation of what had been known as the Thomson […]
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APTN National News podcast pushes past the stigmas to amplify the voices of people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg
APTN National News podcast pushes past the stigmas to amplify the voices of people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg November 30, 2023 TREATY 1 TERRITORY, WINNIPEG, Man. — APTN’s award-winning news team, APTN National News, is launching a five-part podcast series titled Our Relatives which unpacks the multifaceted reasons for the homelessness crisis in Winnipeg and […]
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Housing is a human right: New actions to solve Canada’s ongoing crisis
Winnipeg – November 22, 2023 – Canada has recognized adequate, safe housing as a fundamental human right, yet more than 25,000 people sleep on the streets, in encampments or in shelters every night in Canada. Activists and experts who are breaking new ground to realize the right to housing will take part in a virtual […]
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Sioux Valley candidates share concerns – The Peterborough Examiner
October 12, 2023 Housing in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has reached a crisis situation, Vince Tacan — who previously served as chief of the community and is running for the position again — said during Wednesday night’s candidates forum. “We have a lot of young people that are feeling disenfranchised from the community. They don’t […]
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MMF breaks ground on transitional housing for kids in care
October 5, 2023 Winnipeg, MB, in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis - Today, the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), the National Government of the Red River Métis, was proud to host a groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing complex called Mazoun Infinitii Pakoshayimoohk/Infinity House of Hope (“Mazoun”). Expected to be completed by the summer of 2024, […]
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Manitoba Housing hopes to sell vacant Winnipeg housing complex to Indigenous organization for $1 – CBC
Aug 02, 2023 $2.2M in capital funding included in new proposal request to overhaul Centre Village Manitoba Housing, the Crown corporation that provides subsidized housing, is once again looking for proposals to redevelop a downtown Winnipeg housing complex that has been vacant since 2019 and it’s encouraging Indigenous organizations to apply. The request for proposals, which […]
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Manitoba Government Taking Steps to Broaden Indigenous Participation in Centre Village Redevelopment, Increase Social Housing Units, and Provide Funding
August 1, 2023 The Manitoba government is taking action to increase Indigenous participation for the redevelopment of Centre Village at 575 Balmoral St. in Winnipeg and has also identified $2.2 million in capital funding and the land and buildings as in-kind contributions, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced today. “We are committed to providing Indigenous organizations […]
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Manitoba Government Invests More Than $25 Million in Initiatives to Combat Homelessness
July 18, 2023 Targeted Investments Will Modernize the Emergency Response System, Increase Housing with Supports: Squires As part of its ongoing work to ensure all Manitobans have access to adequate, affordable and suitable housing, the Manitoba government is investing more than $25 million in five targeted initiatives that will modernize the emergency response system and […]
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Manitoba Government Invests Additional $2.7 Million in a Place of Pride Project
July 10, 2023 New Campus Will Include 21 Affordable Housing Units for 2SLGBTQQIA+ Seniors, Main Floor 2SLGBTQQIA+ Community Arts and Culture Space: Ministers The Manitoba government is investing an additional $2.7 million to further support the development of A Place of Pride, an innovative, collaborative project from Rainbow Resource Centre and Westminster Housing Society that […]
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Manitoba Government Donates External Visitation Shelters to Communities, Organizations Provincewide
June 16, 2023 Repurposed Shelters Will Bring Range of Benefits to Manitobans: Teitsma The Manitoba government is donating all of the external visitation shelters installed at personal care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic to First Nations, not-for-profit and co-operative organizations, and municipalities throughout the province to be repurposed to benefit communities, Consumer Protection and Government […]
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