Province’s francophone society to take possession of St. Boniface’s old city hall
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St. Boniface’s old city hall is set to be sold to a disability service organization which will then sell it to the province’s francophone society.
The Société de la francophonie manitobaine and Manitoba Possible signed an agreement stipulating the francophone society will buy the building once the disability services organization officially takes possession from the City of Winnipeg.
The deal follows a battle between the society, the francophone community at large and the city over public ownership of the hall, after the municipal government put it up for sale in fall 2019.
City hall approved the sale to Manitoba Possible in February. In March, the society said it was considering legal action over the proposal to sell it to the disability service organization, arguing it was an important piece of Winnipeg’s French heritage and should be kept as a public building.
With the agreement, the society said it hopes to “provide stability” for the current tenants: World Trade Center Winnipeg, Entreprises Riel, Maison des artistes visuels francophones and Les amis des arts visuels du Manitoba.
— staff