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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Gretna MB Family living in Gretna near the seniors home are happy the community is doing what it can to help the new asylum seekers, Photo taken in their home and on front deck. Names of family members: Madison Sawatzky (dad), Ayden (7yrs, boy), Ruby (5yrs), Lylah (almost 3yrs) and mom Amanda Sawatzky. The province opens a temporary shelter for refugee claimants near the border in Gretna to ease the flow of asylum seekers arriving in Winnipeg at all hours needing housing and help. Gretna's former seniors home that has been sitting vacant is being repurposed to house asylum seekers for a few days before they can move on to more long-term shelter in Winnipeg. See Jane Gerster story. May 04, 2017