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Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson
Wolseley street signs based on Gen. Garnet Wolseley.
A grassroots Métis group is trying to get Wolseley residents to have their neighbourhood renamed, arguing Indigenous leaders aren t pushing hard enough to change which figures get celebrated on the streets of Winnipeg.
A grassroots Métis group is trying to get Wolseley residents to have their neighbourhood renamed, arguing Indigenous leaders aren t pushing hard enough to change which figures get celebrated on the streets of Winnipeg.
On June 30, Red River Echoes members stuck 300 posters around the neighbourhood, calling for the name of Gen. Garnet Wolseley be dropped from local streets and institutions. Wolseley played a role in the violent 1870 overthrow of Louis Riel s provisional government at the Red River Colony.
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Kelly Dehn, manager of public affairs with the Winnipeg Police Service, shows the area set aside for a future community meeting space just off of the skywalk in the police headquarters in Winnipeg on Thursday.
THE Winnipeg Police Service has been panned for deciding to create a space near its headquarters where its members can meet with the public, including those who’ve protested against police.
THE Winnipeg Police Service has been panned for deciding to create a space near its headquarters where its members can meet with the public, including those who’ve protested against police.
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:14 PM CT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
The Budget for All advocacy group set up a display outside city hall Friday morning, urging more funding for social and recreational services in the city s budget.(Jaison Empson/CBC )
The delegations â all 53 of them â lined up digitally Friday to be streamed into Winnipeg city council s executive policy committee meeting on the proposed 2021 budget.Â
Councillors who arrived in person for the meeting early Friday morning were greeted by bundles of wrapped boxes outside city hall, along with a sign featuring the famous Grinch carrying a sack labelled 2021 budget.
The protest outside city hall was courtesy of the activist group Budget For All, which was among the groups that voiced opinions at Friday s committee meeting on the budget.
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