By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative reporter Winnipeg Sun A multi-million dollar health care centre in a Manitoba First Nation opened its doors to the public for the first time this week, after the federal government ponied up more than $150 million to help get the facility built. “I have seen a lot of health centres all over the north as minister of northern affairs, but I can tell you this is one of the finest I have ever seen,” federal minister Dan Vandal said Tuesday in the Norway House Cree Nation (NHCN) at an unveiling event for the $157.9 million Kinosew Sipi Nanatawiwekamik Health Centre of Excellence. The 9,470-square-meter facility, which is expected to be fully operational in October, will be a “fully integrated” health centre that will provide…
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