By Canadian Press The federal government is putting up another $31 million for the transformation of a former Hudson’s Bay Company flagship store in Winnipeg. The project, announced two years ago, is to see the six-storey, 60,000-square-metre downtown building turned into an Indigenous hub of housing, social services, government offices and cultural space. Hudson’s Bay Company transferred the historic building in 2022 to the Southern Chiefs’ Organization, which represents 34 First Nation groups in southern Manitoba. Ottawa earlier put up $65 million in a combination of forgivable and low-interest loans, while the Manitoba government offered $35 million in support. The project has been running over its original $130-million budget, and the new federal money is earmarked for repairs and upgrades. The store opened in 1926 and closed in 2020, and…
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