New hoops up in Sage Creek

St. Vital

As the school year starts anew, I want to highlight some of the projects I have been working on with the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) in recent months.

In the next weeks, I plan to officially open the new basketball court at the new LRSD French Immersion K-8 school in Sage Creek. I had the opportunity to shoot some baskets there recently with LRSD board of trustees chair Chris Sigurdson (an old high school basketball teammate at Dakota). I was proud to fund the court with $80,000 from St. Vital recreation funds. It’s the 11th basketball project I have done in conjunction with the LRSD.

We also will be opening a new outdoor classroom space at St. George Park next to St. George School ($70,000 in funding from the City of Winnipeg). We were so pleased with the outdoor classroom serving Penner school, we decided to keep creating these spaces where students can learn about nature in the outdoors.

In May we dedicated the rebuilt 300 metre running track at College Beliveau / Windsor Park Collegiate, and last fall the city finished work on a new play structure by Windsor School and Community Centre.

It’s been a wonderful partnership with over $5 million in city funds invested into LRSD facilities for public use during my years on council. But now I must wrap up, as I am heading to watch a track meet at the (city-funded) Victor Mager running track!