Exploring Theme: "Urban Reserves"

APTN News: A First Nations community advocate in Winnipeg is hoping an urban reserve could replace what is now a century-old railyard near the city’s downtown. Known as the Winnipeg Yards, the rail yard currently acts as a dividing line between the North End and Central neighbourhoods – a division that is often felt in...

City committee will consider planning framework next week, groundbreaking planned for Monday CBC Indigenous: The redevelopment of the former Kapyong barracks site in Winnipeg’s Tuxedo neighbourhood is inching closer, as some of the plans are starting to wind their way through city hall. On Nov. 17, city council’s Assiniboia community committee will consider a planning framework for...

NationTalk: ABSTRACT: Urban reserves offer a unique economic development tool for First Nation governments by providing access to markets and infrastructure unavailable on most reserve lands in Canada. Asimakiniseekan Askiy is Canada’s first urban reserve established on land previously owned by a city. The urban reserve was established in Saskatoon by the Muskeg Lake Cree...