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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS Bernadette Smith, Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness, speaks during the announcement. (From left) Ben Carr, the MP for Winnipeg South Centre, Doug Eyolfson, the MP for Winnipeg West, Winnipeg Mayor, Scott Gillingham, and Chief Gordon BlueSky, Chairperson, Treaty One Nations. Doug Eyolfson, the MP for Winnipeg West, and Ben Carr, the MP for Winnipeg South Centre, announce that Build Canada Homes is accepting Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) for the partial redevelopment of the Naawi-Oodena property. The parcel on the Canada Lands Company portion of the site will deliver 320 homes. Other VIP’s in attendance were; Bernadette Smith, Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness, Ginette Lavack, MP for St. Boniface—St. Vital, Winnipeg Mayor, Scott Gillingham, and Chief Gordon BlueSky, Chairperson, Treaty One Nations. Reporter: Nicole Buffie 251112 - Wednesday, November 12, 2025.