New chief of Manitoba First Nation questions flip of desirable riverfront property

The new chief of Manitoba's most populous First Nation wants to know why riverfront property it purchased in one of Winnipeg's most desirable residential neighbourhoods was flipped to a private developer instead of becoming part of its reserve lands.

New chief of Manitoba First Nation questions flip of desirable riverfront property
An aerial view of a snow-dusted, empty plot of land along the partly frozen Assiniboine River.

The new chief of Manitoba's most populous First Nation wants to know why riverfront property it purchased in one of Winnipeg's most desirable residential neighbourhoods was flipped to a private developer instead of becoming part of its reserve lands.