Since 2001, the Business Council of Manitoba has distributed about $8 million in $3,000 awards to roughly 2,000 post-secondary Indigenous students (some of whom receive the award more than once).

The City of Winnipeg’s 2024 financial woes are now expected to strain next year’s budget, too, for the first time in recent history. The city predicts it will end this year with a $23.4-million ...