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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press local - COMMUNITY CENTRE SUPPORT Photo of Lora Meseman, executive director of the General Council of Winnipeg Community Centres near her office Wednesday. She is happy about the COMMUNITY CENTRE SUPPORT: Story: COMMUNITY CENTRE SUPPORT: A city funding hike is proposed to ease the pressure off community centres by giving the General Council of Winnipeg Community Centres a new $250,000 programming and wage subsidy grant each year. Since many centres have struggled to get enough volunteers to run their programming, this is expected to help, according to a city report. See story by Joyanna Sept 10th, 2025