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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS With candle lit rows of photos of MMIWG2S+ lined up before the podium, Jeff Leger, chair, Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health, speaks following the announcement by Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, minister responsible for women and gender equity, during a ceremony Friday in the rotunda of the Manitoba Legislative Building, that the Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health is donating $10 million to Manitoba’s MMIWG2S+ Healing and Empowerment Endowment Fund. Jeff Leger, chair, Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health, and Gerri Pangman, MMIWG2S+ family member, spoke during the event. Reporter: Malak Abas 250214 - Friday, February 14, 2025.