By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun The Manitoba First Nations Police Service is undergoing a symbolic change this year at the time of Truth and Reconciliation Day. The police service is preparing to move out of a former residential school, at 5000 Crescent Rd. near Portage la Prairie. The Indigenous-focused police service is moving into a newly constructed, urban build in Brandon at the Waywayseecappo Conference Centre. The move may be timely and symbolic, but changes run deeper than a relocation. The MFNPS is having better dialogue with governments, which are providing more funding, MFNPS Chief Jason Colon said in an interview this week. “They have been working with us at a rate we haven’t seen,” said Colon from the construction site of the new headquarters. “We’re…
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