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MIKE DEAL WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine (second from right) along with Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith (right), scrum with the media after the announcement that the province is launching a renewed five-year poverty reduction strategy they say is “grounded in the voices of Manitobans with lived experience and supported by concrete objectives to reduce poverty provincewide,” during an event at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Jan 13. Reporters: Carol Sanders and Gabrielle Piche 260113 - Tuesday, January 13, 2026.