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Province s $25-M Bay fund aimed at heritage, not development
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The province committed $25 million to the Bay’s shuttered Portage Avenue store to preserve heritage features of the 95-year-old building.
It appears that the $25 million the province committed in this month’s budget to the Bay’s shuttered Portage Avenue store is designed to preserve heritage features of the 95-year-old building, not jump-start its redevelopment.
It appears that the $25 million the province committed in this month’s budget to the Bay’s shuttered Portage Avenue store is designed to preserve heritage features of the 95-year-old building, not jump-start its redevelopment.
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government released the list of the projects that are eligible to help with the redevelopment of The Bay in Downtown Winnipeg, including repairs and exhibits. As part of the province’s 2021 budget, it announced a $25-million trust for projects that will help to restore, preserve and maintain the heritage of the building, which closed its doors for good in November 2020. On Monday, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox and Municipal Relations Minister Derek Johnson announced the projects that are eligible for the funds, which are being held in trust by the Winnipeg Foundation. The eligible projects include:
“We need to build new ways and initiatives that deal with and confront gender-based violence, while also empowering women, girls, and 2SlGBTQQIA+ people,” said MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee. “It is important that we show leadership by engaging men and boys to take an active part in preventing and eliminating gender-based violence.” Land-based cultural programming will be used to help develop tools for men and boys to truly understand the impact of violent actions on themselves, their victims and their communities, MKO says. “This project is very important as it will be Indigenous-led through its development and implementation at the community level,” said MMIWG liaison unit manager Hilda Anderson-Pyrz. “One of the key outcomes is to enhance the safety and well-being of First Nations women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people through the direct inclusion of men and boys as being part of the solution on ending gender-based violence.”