Some tenants displaced from a Sargent Avenue apartment building are now calling a riverbank encampment home after they had to scramble to find new housing.
The City’s Property and Development Committee has voted to work with a national veterans’ advocacy group to find an appropriate property in Winnipeg to build a…
The councillors who voted along with Bowman in favour of the motion were John Orlikow (River Heights-Fort Garry), Markus Chambers (St. Norbert-Seine River), Ross Eadie (Mynarski), Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre), Brian Mayes (St. Vital), Sherri Rollins (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry), Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan) and Vivian Santos (Point Douglas).
Those who voted against the motion were Couns. Kevin Klein (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood), Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan), Janice Lukes (Waverley West), Shawn Nason (Transcona), Scott Gillingham (St. James) and Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan).
The motion was initially brought forward by Couns. Rollins and Gilroy last month. A report in 120 days means only that this level of government, the City of Winnipeg, understands the drug poisoning crisis and that we want to lean in, Rollins said following the vote.