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  WINNIPEG -- The province has launched a new corporation to disperse community group grants to support victims of crime. Manitoba Justice Minister Cameron Friesen announced on Tuesday the province would be providing $5 million which will be given to different community groups to go towards supports and services for victims of crime. Wilma Derksen, Ron Evans and Cydney Bergen are the founding board members of Victims' Assistance Community Grants Inc. and will create the framework to distribute the dollars. "I think we have an opportunity to revisit some of the crime victim issues with n...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Victim’s Assistance Community Grants Inc. board member Wilma Derksen at announcement for new funding supports for victims of crime at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Tuesday. The Pallister government is channelling $5 million from convict fees to a new independent panel for helping Manitoba crime victims. The Pallister government is channelling $5 million from convict fees to a new independent panel for helping Manitoba crime victims. "I thin...