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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Federal Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith talks about the development of a First Nations Healing Centre which will include 13 transitional homes for women and their children who have been victims of violence during a media conference Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Fisher River Cree Nation is redeveloping the 110-year-old Rubin Block at 270 Marley Ave. in Winnipeg, Man., with funding from the federal government's Affordable Housing Fund. Also pictured alongside Erskine-Smith are Federal Minister of Sports and Minister responsible for Prairies Econimic Development Canada Terry Duguid (Left) and Provincial Minister of Housing Bernadette Smith (second from far left) and Fisher River Cree Nation Chief David Crate (far right).