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Manitoba Government Media Release |<\/p>\nManitoba Government Media Release |<\/p>\n
The Manitoba government is donating all of the external visitation shelters installed at personal care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic to First Nations, not-for-profit and co-operative organizations, and municipalities throughout the province to be repurposed to benefit communities, Consumer Protection and Government Services Minister James Teitsma announced today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe commissioned these visitation shelters during the pandemic so personal care home residents could spend quality time visiting with their families in secure, accessible spaces,\u201d said Teitsma. \u201cNow that they are no longer required for this purpose, we are donating them for a range of other wonderful uses for the continued benefit of Manitobans.\u201d<\/p>\n
The minister noted that 27 proponents have been selected through an open expression of interest to receive the 104 shelters. Specifically, the Department of Consumer Protection and Government Services will donate 43 shelters to First Nations communities, 55 shelters to not-for-profit and community support organizations, and six shelters to municipalities.<\/p>\n
The shelters will be repurposed for housing and accommodations, recreation and sports, animal care, vegetation, farming and other uses.<\/p>\n
The proponents selected by the department for shelters include:<\/p>\n
Assiniboine Park Conservancy;
\nBear Clan Patrol;
\nBloodvein River First Nation;
\nBreidavik Nyja Island Historical Library and Resource Centre;
\nCo-operative Geothermal Greenhouse Initiative;
\nDakota Tipi First Nation;
\nK9 Advocates Manitoba;
\nKeepem Rollin;
\nLong Plain First Nation;
\nNorthlands Denesuline First Nation\/Northco Management;
\nNorway House Cree Nation;
\nOak Park Raiders Football Club Alumni Association;
\nPortage la Prairie Community Revitalization Corporation;
\nRugby Manitoba;
\nRural Municipality of Argyle;
\nRural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet;
\nSandy Lake Drop-in Centre;
\nSCORE Store;
\nShoal Lake Splash Park Community;
\nSt. James Optimist and St. James-Assiniboia Minor Baseball Association;
\nSwan Valley Historical Society (Museum);
\nThe John Howard Society;
\nThunderhill Ski Club;
\nVita Food Bank;
\nWildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre;
\nWinnipeg Folk Festival; and
\nYork Factory First Nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe visitation shelters donated by the Manitoba government will provide the Assiniboine Park Zoo with a cost-effective, sustainable and flexible solution to ongoing infrastructure challenges and accelerate the modernization of the zoo as we strive to meet the ever-rising standards for animal care and welfare and expand our contribution to wildlife conservation, research, rescue and education,\u201d said Dr. Chris Enright, senior director of zoological operations, Assiniboine Park Conservancy. \u201cWe are grateful for this opportunity and the province\u2019s support of Assiniboine Park Zoo.\u201d<\/p>\n
The selected proponents will be responsible for all costs related to transporting the shelters to their new locations, the minister noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manitoba Government Media Release | The Manitoba government is donating all of the external visitation shelters installed at personal care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic to First Nations, not-for-profit and co-operative organizations, and municipalities throughout the province to be repurposed to benefit communities, Consumer Protection and Government Services Minister James Teitsma announced today. \u201cWe commissioned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-38444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}