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Homes For Heroes Village - Renderings.

Sod turned on new housing development for veterans
Charles Lefebvre
Published: July 29, 2026 at 4:44PM EDT

A new housing development for veterans in Winnipeg took another step towards construction on Wednesday.

The Homes for Heroes Foundation officially held a sod turning at the site of the future Winnipeg Kinsmen Veterans Village.

“It’s been a long time coming, but we’re going to have shovels in the ground here officially, probably within the next two or three weeks,” said Brad Field, president and CEO of the foundation.

The housing development will be built on Transcona Boulevard, and will feature 25 small homes for veterans in Manitoba who are experiencing homelessness.

“It’s a supportive program where we have on-site caseworkers helping assist our veterans with mental health issues, addiction issues, job placement, everything they need to reintegrate back into society,” Field said.

The goal is to have the homes completed later this year, the foundation said.

Similar spaces have been built in Edmonton, Calgary and Kingston.

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Province picks CancerCare facility construction manager
By: Free Press staff
Friday, Jul. 31, 2026


PCL Constructors Canada will oversee the construction management of CancerCare Manitoba’s new facility.

The provincial government awarded its contract to PCL following a competitive procurement process, a Thursday news release says.

It points to similar projects PCL has undertaken, including the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

In Manitoba, the new Winnipeg facility’s pre-construction phase — including design development and risk management — has launched. Leadership will work with clinicians, patients and other stakeholders throughout 2026, the news release says.

Premier Wab Kinew has said the government could spend $1 billion on CancerCare’s second location, which will be kitty-corner to its 675 McDermot Ave. headquarters.

The site will expand cancer treatment and testing capacity and support the introduction of “new and innovative treatments,” the news release says.

Construction will fall under the Manitoba Jobs Agreement, a controversial framework where contracts outline wages, safety protections and apprentice usage.

— Free Press staff

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July 30, 2026
Manitoba Government Awards Construction Management Contract for New CancerCare Manitoba Facility
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Investment Will Strengthen Manitoba's Capacity to Provide State-of-the-Art Cancer Care, Treatment, Research and Support Services for Decades to Come: Asagwara

The Manitoba government has awarded the construction management contract for CancerCare Manitoba’s second facility to PCL Constructors Canada Inc., Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced today.

“We committed to building a new CancerCare Manitoba facility and today we are taking another major step toward delivering on that commitment,” said Asagwara. “Every Manitoban facing cancer deserves the best care possible. This new, state-of-the-art facility will give patients and families more space, more support and access to the latest advances in cancer treatment and research.”

Following a competitive procurement process, PCL Constructors was selected to provide construction management services for the project. With extensive experience delivering similar health-care infrastructure projects across Canada and Australia, such as the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, PCL will support the next phase of planning, design development and construction readiness as the project advances.

“As the provincial leader in cancer control, we are building more than a new facility; we are building the foundation for the future of cancer care in Manitoba,” said Dr. Kent Stobart, president and CEO, CancerCare Manitoba. “This is another significant step toward the new CancerCare Manitoba building, which will strengthen our ability to deliver exceptional patient care, advance research and innovation, educate the next generation of health-care professionals, and improve the experience of patients and families for decades to come.”

The contract award marks the beginning of an intensive pre-construction phase that will focus on design development, procurement planning, risk management and continued stakeholder engagement. Throughout 2026, project teams are continuing to work closely with clinicians, staff, patients and families, Indigenous partners, technical advisers and community stakeholders to ensure the facility is designed to meet Manitoba’s current and future cancer care needs.

The new CancerCare Manitoba facility will support Manitoba’s long-term cancer care strategy by:

• expanding space and capacity for cancer treatment and testing;
• supporting the introduction of new and innovative treatments;
• creating flexible spaces that can adapt to evolving clinical and research needs;
• promoting more sustainable, modern models of care;
• providing better support for patients and families throughout their cancer journey; and
• strengthening research, innovation and partnerships with universities and industry.

The new facility represents a transformative investment in Manitoba’s health-care system, ensuring patients and families have access to leading-edge cancer care, research, and support services closer to home, the minister noted, adding that the project will be delivered under a Manitoba Jobs Agreement, helping create good jobs and opportunities for Manitoba workers.

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Feds award design contract for $267-million countermeasures lab in Winnipeg
By: The Canadian Press
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026


The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is shown in a Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

WINNIPEG – Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid says the federal government has awarded a design contract on a $267-million medical countermeasures laboratory in the Manitoba capital.

He says the $10-million contract for architecture and engineering services is an important step for the facility, which is expected to be finished in 2033.

The lab will produce experimental vaccines and other research to respond to future pandemics.

Duguid says infectious diseases move quickly and don’t stop at borders, so Canada must be able to respond quickly.

It is being built next to the existing National Microbiology Laboratory in the city.

The design contract has been awarded to Winnipeg-based Architecture49 Inc.

Winnipeg Free Press

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Canada advances new Medical Countermeasures Laboratory Facility in Winnipeg
From: Public Health Agency of Canada

News release
August 5, 2026 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Public Health Agency of Canada

Drawing on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada is strengthening Canada's capacity to respond to future public health emergencies through the development of a new medical countermeasures laboratory facility. The facility will be co-located with the existing world-renowned National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba and will expand Canada's capacity to develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic tools.

Today, Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, and Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, has announced a $10.2 million contract to Architecture49 Inc., for architectural and engineering services for the medical countermeasures laboratory facility.

This work marks an important step forward in advancing the facility's design and delivery.

Expected to be completed in 2033, the new facility will support cutting-edge pre-clinical research and strengthen Canada's position in life sciences and global health innovation. It represents a significant, long-term investment that will enhance Canada's preparedness for future health emergencies, support the Winnipeg economy, and contribute to global health security.

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“Recent global health events, including the Ebola disease outbreak in Africa, the outbreak of Andes hantavirus linked to cruise ship travel, and the COVID-19 pandemic, underscore the importance of strong public health preparedness. Investments like the medical countermeasures laboratory facility will help Canada remain a leader in science research while also strengthening our economy and our ability to respond to future health threats at home and around the world.”

The Honourable Marjorie Michel
Minister of Health

“When we invest in world-class scientific infrastructure like the medical countermeasures laboratory facility in Winnipeg, we are strengthening Canada's ability to protect Canadians and respond quickly to future health threats. This is about ensuring we have the domestic capacity, expertise, and tools needed to act decisively when it matters most. By working with leading Canadian firms like Architecture49, we are also supporting high-skilled jobs and strengthening Canada's life sciences ecosystem. This project brings together public health preparedness, scientific excellence, and economic growth, while reinforcing Winnipeg's role as a national hub for biomedical research and innovation.”

The Honourable Joël Lightbound
Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant

"By supporting this major project, the Government of Canada is strengthening Canada's capacity in health research and science, while supporting skilled jobs here at home. As the project moves through design and construction, it will create opportunities across the economy. Once operational, the new facility will support a growing, highly skilled workforce in Winnipeg."

The Honourable Terry Duguid
Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South

Quick facts

• This design contract was awarded following an open, fair and transparent evaluation of bids received in response to a September 2025 Request for Proposals on Canada Buys.
  
• On September 5, 2025, the Government of Canada announced new measures to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries. Central to this plan is the introduction of a new Buy Canadian Policy suite, designed to help make Canada's economy stronger, more resilient to global shocks, and better able to support Canadian workers and businesses.
  
• The design work is scheduled to be completed by 2029, with construction expected to start in 2030, and a completed laboratory targeted for 2033.
  
• The new laboratory will focus on pre-clinical research and development of medical counter measures - vaccines, therapies, and diagnostic tools. The space will include Level 2 (L2) and Level 3 (L3) containment laboratories.
  
• The National Microbiology Laboratory and universities across the country have a longstanding partnership that advances infectious disease research, laboratory innovation, and the training of Canada's next generation of public health scientists.

Public Health Agency of Canada

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$267M medical countermeasures lab coming to Winnipeg 'a big deal': MP
$10M design contract awarded for facility touted as economic driver in Manitoba
CBC News · Posted: Aug 05, 2026


A file photo shows a worker at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. A new medical research facility will be built at the rear of the federal lab on Arlington Street, and is expected to open in 2033. (Submitted by the National Microbiology Laboratory)

A new medical research facility in Winnipeg will play a critical role in closing gaps in Canadian vaccine research and other areas of public health emergency preparedness, officials said Wednesday.

The new $267-million medical countermeasures lab, to be built at the rear of the federal National Microbiology Lab on Arlington Street, will produce experimental vaccines and other research to respond to future pandemics.

Federal and provincial politicians, along with medical researchers, announced the awarding of a $10.2-million contract to design firm Architecture49 at a Wednesday news conference at the microbiology lab.

The expected completion date is sometime in 2033, Winnipeg South member of Parliament Terry Duguid said.

"This is a big deal," said Duguid. "This is a big deal for our city, our province, a big deal for life sciences in Canada to help protect the nation and the world," he said.

In addition to its medical research, the facility will spur employment through construction and technical support work, enable scientists' careers and also possibly lure private industry to move to the city to be in proximity to the lab's services, media were told at the morning news conference.

It will be owned and operated by the federal government.

The practical gap that the lab will ultimately fill is developing high-quality test vaccines and therapeutics that will advance for further testing, said Keith Fowke, medical director of the Institute of Infection and Immunity.

It will not be a large-scale manufacturing facility, said Fowke.

"It will produce the test lots that are required … and then you narrow down which of your products are most effective" before mass manufacturing takes place, Fowke said.

The new lab's proximity to the high-security Winnipeg microbiology lab — currently the only lab in Canada that can study the world's most dangerous pathogens, which have no known vaccines or treatments — makes sense, as it will build on existing know-how, Fowke suggested.

"The expertise the NML has is going to be instrumental in being able to run and operate those facilities," said Fowke.

The new lab will include Level 2 and Level 3-rated facilities, while the microbiology lab is rated Level 4 — the highest level of containment.

Architecture49 won the contract through an open bid process that unfolded after the government issued a request for proposals, officials said. The company, which maintains an office on Buffalo Place in Winnipeg, has a history of being tapped for similar work.

On its website, it lists numerous past projects such as the Life Sciences Research Institute in Halifax and the Rocky Mountain Integrated Research Facility in Montana.


The new lab's proximity to the high-security Winnipeg microbiology lab will allow it to build on existing know-how, suggests Keith Fowke, medical director of the Institute of Infection and Immunity. (Trevor Lyons/CBC)

With files from The Canadian Press

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Very positive news!

Positive, yes, but while other provinces are getting billions, Manitoba gets a couple hundred million. Still a large amount, and a worthy project, but it still feels like a consolation prize to me.

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Federal government to build $267-M emergency research lab in Winnipeg
Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic tools to be developed at Arlington Street facility
By: Chris Kitching
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026



The federal government says it will build a $267-million medical countermeasures laboratory in Winnipeg with the goal of preparing Canada for future pandemics or outbreaks.

Expected to open in 2033, the national site will help the country develop vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic tools, Winnipeg Liberal MP Terry Duguid said.

“This is a big deal for our city and for our province, a big deal for life sciences in Canada,” he told reporters Wednesday. “This facility is going to help protect the nation and help protect the world.”

Ottawa said the site — to be located next to the National Microbiology Laboratory’s Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health on Arlington Street, just north of William Avenue — draws on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A $10.2-million architectural and engineering services contract was awarded to Winnipeg’s Architecture49 Inc. Duguid, who represents Winnipeg South, said it is the first step toward building the facility, which will have high-containment laboratories.

A request for proposals, which closed in December, said the building will be about 140,000 square feet.

Design work is expected to be completed by 2029. Construction is expected to begin in 2030.

Duguid said such labs take a long time to design and build because they are “very technically complex,” noting the microbiology lab’s Arlington facility opened 10 years after a location was selected.

He said hundreds of people will work on the design and construction phases, with the lab itself supporting highly skilled scientific and technical careers for decades.

It’s too early to say how many people will work at the facility, Health Canada spokesman Mark Johnson said.

Duguid said the lab will reinforce Winnipeg’s place as one of the world’s leading centres for infectious diseases research, innovation and collaboration.

NML employees in Winnipeg developed the world’s first Ebola vaccine in 2002. They were involved in Canada’s response to SARS, H1N1 and COVID-19.

This week, Health Canada authorized the first Canadian clinical trial of a next-generation mRNA vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. The Arlington facility, which opened in 1999, is Canada’s highest-security virology facility.

Dr. Keith Fowke, department head and professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine, said the new lab will produce experimental vaccines and therapeutics against pathogens that have the potential to cause pandemics.

High-quality test vaccines and therapeutics will undergo further testing, which closes the existing gap in Canada, he said.

“Then you narrow down which of your products are the most effective in the testing phase, and then you can go ahead with the single product and engage a larger-scale manufacturer,” said Fowke, who was recently appointed scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Infection and Immunity.

Federal scientists, the private sector and universities will collaborate at the lab, which will be blocks away from Manitoba’s largest hospital.

“The facility needs to be fed products to develop. While the NML may be able to develop some… clearly, industry throughout Canada as well as academia is going to need to feed that pipeline,” Fowke said.

“I think this is a fantastic opportunity for industry and academia across Canada to be able to develop products and get them to a point where they can be tested at the highest level.”

The announcement was welcomed by Bioscience Association Manitoba, which represents more than 200 companies in a sector that generates almost $10 billion annually in the province.

“The size of the (federal) investment and the scope of the work is fantastic,” president and CEO Andrea Ladouceur said. “Manitoba is a medical countermeasure hub of Canada. We have such amazing companies and research here — bigger and broader than anywhere in Canada — so having this research brought here makes perfect sense.”

The microbiology lab is key to Manitoba’s bioscience sector, which provides more than 14,000 direct and indirect jobs, she said.

“We have been really highlighting the capabilities the facility has to make sure that if there are other federal projects or investments, that they are very strongly considered for the asset in Winnipeg,” Ladouceur said.

She said medicine is Manitoba’s leading export, representing 18 to 20 per cent of Canada’s overall exports.

In a news release, Mayor Scott Gillingham said Ottawa’s major investment is a “strong vote of confidence in the expertise that already exists here.”

Duguid and Fowke said Architecture49 is a world leader in designing high-level containment labs in Canada and other countries.

The company formed during a merger that included Smith Carter Architects, which helped develop the NML facility on Arlington. Architecture49 worked on the JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, an NML facility on Logan Avenue.

Officials also announced Celia Lourenco is the new vice-president and head of the microbiology lab in Winnipeg as of July 20. She is the first woman to hold the role.

Lourenco was recently the associate assistant deputy minister for Health Canada’s health products and food branch.

Fowke and Duguid said Winnipeg is positioned as a leader in life sciences thanks to the NML, other existing federal and provincial facilities and expertise at the U of M and in the private sector.

“Part of the reason for the excellence of the science that the NML produces is the critical mass of infectious disease organizations that are here in Winnipeg,” Fowke said. “I think that’s underappreciated by many.”

The federal and provincial governments recently announced a combined $73.8 million for two biological research facilities at the U of M to help develop and test vaccines. The facilities will contribute to the new PRAIRIE Hub on Pandemic Preparedness, which includes universities in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

“The COVID-19 pandemic reminded us of a fundamental truth: that the strength of our response at a time of crisis is determined by the choices we make before it arrives,” provincial Innovation and New Technology Minister Mike Moroz said at Wednesday’s news conference.

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Another Major Milestone Reached!
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Installation of the precast concrete slabs will be completed this week, marking another major milestone in the project’s progress. With this phase nearing completion, work will begin to shift toward the next stages of construction.
Next week, the crawler crane will be dismantled and removed from the site, while the size of the on-site crew will increase as work continues to move forward. Crews will focus on mechanical and electrical rough-ins, along with additional concrete pours throughout the structure.
In the coming weeks, coloured panels will also begin to be installed on the exterior walls, bringing more of the finished look of the project into view. With several key phases of construction now coming together, the team continues to make steady progress toward the anticipated mid-September completion date.

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Kinew confirms provincial funding for third phase of North End treatment plant

Devon McKendrick
August 06, 2026 at 5:45PM EDT

Provincial funding for the third and final phase of the North End Water Treatment Plant has been secured.

Premier Wab Kinew confirmed to CTV News Thursday the Manitoba government will put up a portion of money for phase three.

“We’re good for $500 million towards the North End Water Treatment Plant,” Kinew said Thursday afternoon. “This is a big project for more housing. We got to keep the economy moving here.”


The first phase of the plant upgrade was completed earlier this year, and the second phase was expected to get underway in the back half of 2026.

The entire project is expected to cost over $3 billion, with the third phase costing around $1.57 billion.

The third phase is focused on building a new facility that would help remove nutrients from treated water, making it cleaner when it enters the river.

Construction is scheduled for 2028.


In a statement to CTV News, Mayor Scott Gillingham said he appreciates the premier’s support.

“This project is critical to Winnipeg’s future growth and I look forward to discussing next steps soon,” Gillingham said.

With funding now committed from the province, the city still needs money from the federal government to get the project off the ground.

“We’ve been doing the negotiations with the feds to get them there for their share. We just want to make sure that the city delivers this thing on budget now,” said Kinew.

When the entire treatment is completed, it’s believed the city’s economy could grow by 16.4 per cent. The plant would also be able to handle a population of more than one million people.
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I sincerely hope that after this project, they Province is like "we're good for $1 billion dollars on LRT for Winnipeg" or something like that.

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Winnipeg multi-family portfolio targets national investors
Newly built 586 units offer premium entry point in a tight market

Yet another major multi-family portfolio has hit the market, this time in Winnipeg.

Consisting of three properties totalling 586 units completed between 2019 and 2024, the portfolio is strategically located near the University of Manitoba, Victoria General Hospital and the city’s rapidly growing Bridgwater community within the Waverley West area.

Developed by Ironclad Developments Inc. and owned by Alitis Investment Counsel, a private Winnipeg investor, the properties stand apart from the rest of the market on account of their recent construction, contemporary amenities such as games rooms and saunas as well as 22,027 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

This has helped ensure strong demand in a market where two-thirds of units were built prior to 2000 and overall vacancies last fall averaged 2.8 per cent, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. data.

“They have performed well,” said Bryn Oliver, a principal with Capital Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. in Winnipeg which is leading the offering, alongside the Toronto office of JLL and Vancouver-based Goodman Commercial Inc.

Oliver described Alitis’ decision to sell as a strategic move. It echoes WestUrban Developments Ltd.’s listing of six newly built B.C. properties totalling 512 units in 2024, and Boardwalk REIT’s offering earlier this year of three assets totalling 536 units in Edmonton.

Manitoba’s stable market, free of the fluctuations that characterize other markets, has been of particular interest to investors, however. While it has seen strong population growth, the shifts haven’t been as dramatic as in larger centres. A long-standing lack of new multi-family construction in Winnipeg also positions the Alitis portfolio favourably.

“We’ve seen buyer interest from all over Canada, from coast to coast – new groups entering into Winnipeg from B.C., from Toronto, from Quebec as well,” he said. “Winnipeg is just a steady market, and the multi-family rental fundamentals stand strong and so does demand, as a result.

The local market has added 15,295 units since 2019, with CMHC’s MLI Select program driving multi-family development at scale. This has helped boost the supply, as well as attract investors keen to acquire income-producing assets.

Capital Commercial sold more than 2,100 multi-family units last year, close to half of the 5,000 units it’s sold since 2022.

While rent controls exist in Manitoba, Oliver said they differ from those in B.C. and Ontario, applying to older assets while new-builds are exempt.

“When you build or buy new-build assets in Manitoba, they’re exempt for 20 years from [Residential Tenancies Branch] regulations, and that’s 20 years from the occupancy permit,” Bryn explained. “It makes it a very attractive asset class to be able to come in and operate unrestricted for a long-term investment horizon.”

But with major government-backed investments on track for Manitoba, the province is emerging as a logistics hub and investors at large are taking note.

Quebec’s Leyad acquired St. Vital Shopping Centre in Winnipeg earlier this year, while PRO REIT has been expanding its industrial holdings with the addition of four properties totalling 165,000 square feet this summer following last year’s acquisition of six assets from Parkit Enterprise Inc. – a portfolio Parkit began developing in 2023 given the significant upside it saw versus other centres.

Operators of the historic Fort Garry Hotel have also seen strong investor interest, with brokerage Avison Young reporting “multiple positive discussions” underway.

“There’s a lot of new buyer interest in our market across all asset classes – so whether it’s retail, industrial, hotel, multi-family, or even office to a certain extent, there’s been a tremendous amount of interest from across Canada,” Oliver said of current market conditions. “Stability and predictability have become a little more attractive than the ebbs and flows of chasing the upside.”

While local investors have been key players in Prairie markets this year, the involvement of JLL and Goodman Commercial point to strong outside interest.

“This is a true cross-country effort designed to maximize exposure for an asset of this calibre,” Goodman Commercial principal Mark Goodman said regarding the offering, noting that B.C. investors will be taking a close look. “Sophisticated investors are seeking better yields, greater scale and more business-friendly environments in markets such as Winnipeg.”

“There will be interest in groups from across the board,” Oliver added. “There are very strong local buyer groups that will have interest in the portfolio. There will be strong private and institutional asset managers that will be interested.”


Onyx is one of three multi-family assets Winnipeg's Alitis Investment Counsel is selling. Completed in 2019, it has 282 suites.Capital Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.


Bravado is one of three multi-family assets Winnipeg's Alitis Investment Counsel is selling. Completed in 2020, it has 149 suites and 15,091 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.Capital Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.


Allure s one of three multi-family assets Winnipeg's Alitis Investment Counsel is selling. Completed in 2024, it has 155 suites and 6,936 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.Capital Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.

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‘Such a beautiful space’: City spending millions on upgrades to St. Vital Park

Devon McKendrick

Published: August 07, 2026


The St. Vital Park duck pond on Aug. 7, 2026. (Jamie Dowsett/CTV News Winnipeg)

The duck pond at St. Vital Park is getting a major upgrade thanks to a multi-million-dollar pledge.

Mayor Scott Gillingham and Coun. Brian Mayes (St. Vital) announced $3.395 million in funding to revitalize the area.

“It’s just such a beautiful space that is enjoyed by not only people from St. Vital but folks from across the city as well,” said Gillingham.

“These are the kinds of investments that may not seem like the most exciting in many ways but they really do go toward enhancing the spaces that we rely on and the services the citizens of Winnipeg depend upon.”

The revitalization will include dredging the pond, making the basin more naturalized and improving the pathways.

The city said the pond will be deepened to make it a more natural water system, which will help prevent algal growth.

As well, the naturalization that the city does will help deter geese from settling in the area, which will reduce the amount of goose poop on the ground.

On top of the $3.395 million, another $1.2 million will go toward road paving upgrades in the park.

“I believe that in the coming years, as this work is completed, it’ll improve the quality of the pond. It’ll include our road infrastructure and some of the other assets the people of Winnipeg depend upon to enjoy this park.”

Mayes said this announcement is a full circle moment for him, as he helped open the new pavilion when he first joined council 15 years ago, and now the park will be getting a facelift as his time on council comes to an end.

“This park means a lot to me and we’ve done a lot of announcements here. So it’s very nice to have one right at the end,” said Mayes.

“I came to this park as a kid. I came to this park as a high school athlete. I came to this park as a parent. I’m still here, not as a high school athlete, but I’m still training. The loops now don’t take six minutes, they take nine minutes if you’re going at a decent pace. But I’m still getting use out of this park.”

The design for the area is already being worked on and construction is scheduled to start next year.

CTV News Winnipeg

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Harbourview Terrace
Location: 1820 De Vries Ave
Neighbourhood: Springfield North - North Kildonan Ward (East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee)
Developer: Foxhill Properties
Architect: AtLRG
Status: In Development
Documents: Subdivision and Rezoning, Variance – January 7, 2026 | Plan Approval & Submitted Plans – April 24, 2026
Renderings
Permits: 26-206911 MU-2026-07-30, Partial Permit-Foundation. Optional Professional Certificate Program Permit - Partial Permit for "Excavation/Piling/Shoring"

Shovels hit the dirt in North Kildonan
$60M, six-storey Harbourview Terrace due to open in June 2028
Aaron Epp
Friday, Aug. 7, 2026


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A rendering of the south facade of Harbourview Terrace, a 179-unit apartment building scheduled to be completed in June 2028.

They donned high-vis vests and brandished shovels with gold-coloured blades Friday morning at the ceremonial groundbreaking for a multi-family residential development in northeast Winnipeg.

Concord Projects has started construction of Harbourview Terrace, the inaugural development by two-year-old real estate company Foxhill Properties. Located in North Kildonan at 1820 De Vries Ave., the $60-million, six-storey apartment building will contain 179 units.

Founder and president Frank Koch-Schulte, who runs the company with his wife Alisha, said Foxhill wants to develop and manage properties with integrity.

“This is kind of like my opportunity to try to do things our way, which I feel is a way that keeps tenants in mind,” Koch-Schulte said. “We live in this neighbourhood. We’re very much invested in seeing quality housing go here.”

AtLRG Architecture designed Harbourview Terrace, which sits at the corner of De Vries Avenue and Sun Valley Drive.

The building will have 19 studio apartments, 45 one-bedroom units, 105 two-bedroom units and 10 three-bedroom units, providing a range of options for different households and lifestyles.

Each unit includes in-suite laundry and a balcony.

The building will be constructed primarily of concrete, providing long-term durability while also reducing noise transfer between homes. There will be indoor, at-grade heated parking for residents, along with outdoor visitor parking, modern security and access control.

Other amenities include a multipurpose room for entertaining, and a shared kitchen that can be used for resident gatherings and events.

The design incorporates landscaped green spaces and walking paths, a shared terrace with fire pits, a pergola, community gardens and a dog run. Secure, covered bicycle storage will also be available.

“We’re wanting to … build a building that will really feel like home,” Koch-Schulte said, noting the development’s close proximity to Kilcona Park.

The 44-year-old developer started his career as a teenager when he took a summer landscaping job at Edison Properties. Over the decades, he worked his way through the ranks and was eventually appointed president of the company.

Since he started Foxhill, Koch-Schulte says he’s kept in mind the things Edison founder Martin Bergen taught him — namely, the value of taking care of tenants and maintaining quality buildings.

“That’s what I hope we can do,” he said.

Harbourview Terrace occupies a unique piece of land, said Nolan Ploegman, president and CEO of Concord Projects. It was previously a lumberyard belonging to Springhill Lumber.

“The most interesting part is the ability to build 179 units but still have a courtyard and landscaping and gardens, as opposed to (what) I think the stereotypical developer would do, which is (maximize) apartments and a sea of surface parking stalls,” he said. “That will make this project the most unique, hands down.”

Coun. Jeff Browaty calls Harbourview Terrace “a really good fit” for North Kildonan.

“Winnipeg is now a city of 850,000 people and still growing,” he said. “This is very much needed.”

The building is scheduled to open in June 2028. Foxhill has not yet set the rental rates, though Koch-Schulte said they will be comparable to the rates for other new apartments in the area.


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From left: Coun. Jeff Browaty, Frank Koch-Schulte (president of Foxhill Properties), Nolan Ploegman (president and CEO of Concord Projects) and Brian Pearson (principal architect at AtLRG Architecture) participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Harbourview Terrace on Friday.

Winnipeg Free Press

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New lab a win for Winnipeg’s long game
By: Editorial
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026


MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS

The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg

It would be easy to overlook the announcement this week that the federal government was green-lighting a quarter-billion-dollar expansion of the National Microbiology Laboratory’s Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health on Arlington Street.

Easy to overlook, in part, because it will take a decade to build the new 140,000-square-foot laboratory specializing in medical countermeasures.

But make no mistake, this latest investment from Ottawa galvanizes Winnipeg’s reputation as a global leader in the research of the world’s most infectious diseases. It also confirms that a wager made by Manitoba political leaders nearly 40 years ago is paying off in spades.

The existing NML was, to be frank, hastily conceived compensation for one of the most egregious examples of political pork-barrelling ever seen in Canada.

The year was 1986 and Winnipeg-based Bristol Aerospace was in the pole position to be awarded a lucrative $1.4-billion contract to service CF-18 fighter jets. However, news reports arose suggesting that pressure from the Quebec wing of the federal Progressive Conservative government of then-prime minister Brian Mulroney was mounting to award the contract to Montreal’s Canadair.

Canadair ultimately got the contract but in the process, there was a seismic shift in Western Canadian politics. The CF-18 scandal inflamed the Western separatist movement and prompted — through the creation, at a convention in Winnipeg, of the federal Reform Party — a fracturing of conservative politics in Canada.

Rather than focusing on new political protest parties, leaders at all levels of government in Winnipeg tried to turn the CF-18 disgrace into a political asset. What, these leaders mused, could they get as compensation from Ottawa for having lost a contract that could have triggered decades of economic growth in Manitoba?

The “what” would come in the form of a proposed federal laboratory to conduct research on the world’s most virulent pathogens. At that time, the existing federal laboratory in Ottawa was becoming too small for the work it wanted to do. As well, it did not have the Level 4 containment facilities required to handle the worst of the worst infectious diseases. A new facility was needed and there had been an assumption it would be in Ottawa.

It did not take long for leaders to make a case to the Mulroney government that the lab should go to Winnipeg which, through the University of Manitoba, had already earned a global reputation for leading-edge research on infectious diseases, in particular HIV.

In 1987, barely a year after the fateful decision on the CF-18 contract, representatives from the federal, provincial and municipal governments announced that a new microbiology laboratory to be built in Winnipeg would also house labs used by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture Canada. Hence the birth of the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health.

Ground was broken for the new facility in 1992, it was completed in 1997 and became fully functional in 2000. For the first 14 years of its operation, the late Dr. Frank Plummer — a U of M professor and global leader in HIV research — served as scientific director of the new lab. In those early years, and in the years following, the Winnipeg NML has been at the forefront of infectious disease research, including advances in influenza prevention and treatment, and development of the world’s first vaccine for Ebola.

All that history makes this most recent expansion announcement among the most important economic developments in the history of Winnipeg and Manitoba.

No, Winnipeg didn’t get the CF-18 contract. But in the end, the city and province got something much bigger.

Bigger long-term economic impact, bigger global profile and a profoundly bigger contribution to the welfare of human kind.

Not a bad trade-off.

Winnipeg Free Press

[pspeid]

...and Manitoba has been getting the consolation ribbon ever since. I'm sorry, while I'm fully in favour of the expansion to the virology lab and recognize it's importance, it's not a major economic game changer for the province. IMO this article is just attempting to put lipstick on a pig.

[WayneShuster]

While I wouldn't refer to it as putting lipstick on a pig, I would say it's making a mountain out of a mole hill. Sometimes the journalism in the city is embarrassingly amateurish. Sometimes.