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Today’s must-read
Manitoba housing organizations are scrambling to lock in funding for projects because of fear the cash will dry up if there is a change in government in Ottawa.
Since Parliament has been prorogued until late March, there is a little breathing space, but far less than there would have been until the fixed election date in October. The election is likely to take place well before the fall because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation on Jan. 6.
Whether it is the Housing Accelerator Fund capital grant program announced in 2023 — expected to bring $122.4 million to Winnipeg to fast-track the development of 3,166 housing units — or the Reaching Home project to combat homelessness, programs created by the Liberals could be on the chopping block. Kevin Rollason has the story.
Jeremy Read, CEO of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corp., said he hopes the housing crisis will outweigh partisanship. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
On a Sunday afternoon in mid-December, when most Winnipeggers aren’t thinking about cycling, Jacques Gross is at the Bike Dump, replacing the rear axle on a black and purple mountain bike. Gross got involved at the volunteer-run, community bicycle shop shortly after moving to Winnipeg last May.
He expected that becoming a volunteer would require “a bunch of red tape,” but that was not the case.
“I just showed up and kept showing up,” he says. “Since (May), I’ve been confident enough to expand my knowledge … I feel there aren’t many things on a bike I can’t fix now.” Aaron Epp has more here.
Bike Dump volunteers Chris Chypyha (from left), Sarah Furgale, Francis Liwanag and Jacques Gross in the workshop. (John Woods / Free Press)
On this date
On Jan. 13, 1927: The Manitoba Free Press reported in China in Shaowu and other points in Fukien province, Cantonese troops were seizing U.S. property, and American authorities were warning missionaries to leave some places in Fukien and prepare for immediate departure from other centres. In Winnipeg, one of the contentious questions the provincial Liberal party attempted to settle at its convention was whether to enter a working agreement with the Progressive party of premier John Bracken with regard to running candidates in provincial elections the next summer. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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