On November 5, 2019, Treaty One Development Corporation held its first meeting with the Master Planners team to begin the strategic land planning for the Kapyong Barracks, the team will work with the Board and Staff in concrete planning for the development of Kapyong Barracks.
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Kathleen Martens – APTN News He is one of Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veterans. And on Saturday more accolades were heaped on Sgt. Tommy Prince of Manitoba. “(We have) designated Tommy Prince as a person of national historic significance,” Indigenous MP Robert Falcon-Ouellette told a crowd of military, political and Indigenous dignitaries at Lower Fort…
JUNE 21ST, 2019 – KAPYONG GATHERING LIST OF SPONSORS PCL Constructors Canada MNP LLP ODK Engineering Brokenhead Ojibway Nation – Chief Deb Smith Long Plain First Nation – Chief Dennis Meeches Peguis First Nation – Chief Glenn Hudson Sagkeeng First Nation – Chief Derrick Henderson
Hundreds of people from Treaty 1 First Nations gathered at the future home of an urban reserve in the heart of Winnipeg for a pow wow in celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Friday. First Nation elders and chiefs, members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and a few councillors from the city marched…
A redeveloped Kapyong Barracks may include a sports facility, hotel, convention centre, war museum and an Indigenous hospice, a new drawing of the site reveals. The rendering shows the abandoned military base could also house numerous commercial and residential complexes and gas bars. The seven Treaty 1 First Nations taking over the site revealed a vision for the urban…
After more than a decade of court wrangling and negotiation, the Government of Canada and Treaty One First Nations have reached an Agreement in Principle for Winnipeg’s Kapyong Barracks. The announcement came from seven First Nations and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan Wednesday morning. “I am absolutely excited about it,” said Long Plain Chief Dennis Meeches on Tuesday. “It’s been a long time…
