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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press LOCAL - Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud Portrait of Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, outside downtown near main street. Story: on Dec. 1, Tessa will become the president and CEO of the Collaborative Housing Alliance — a new foundation with an attached real estate investment trust created to partner with the private sector to address the severe shortage of affordable and “deeply affordable” housing in the city. If there is one thing Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud knows, it’s that tackling Winnipeg’s homelessness crisis requires support and ideas from all corners of the city. See story by Scott Nov 21st, 2025