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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Phil Fontaine former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations speaks to reporters after the ceremony. The Southern Chiefs Organization took posession of the downtown Winnipeg, Hudsons Bay Co. building during a two-hour ceremony Friday morning, which was attended by Prime Minister Trudeau, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, Southern Chiefs Organization Grand Chief, Jerry Daniels, HBC Governor, Richard Baker, Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, and Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada. The vacant six-storey building, which opened in 1926 was closed in November 2020. 220422 - Friday, April 22, 2022.
