Nahanni Fontaine

NDP candidate in the St. Johns Winnipeg race.

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Politicians take reflective pause

30 September 2023

Winnipeg Free Press - ...Shirt Day Survivors Walk on Saturday. (David Lipnowski / Canadian Press) Opposition leader Wab Kinew and a slate of NDP members — including Nahanni Fontaine, Bernadette Smith and Uzoma Asagwara — marched with a large crowd through downtown Winnipeg and into the Canada Life Centre, where they...

A bid for balance on Broadway – Winnipeg Free Press

26 September 2023

Winnipeg Free Press - ...and boost representation among its candidates. She also received mentorship from Wolseley candidate Lisa Naylor and St. Johns candidate Nahanni Fontaine throughout her campaign. The NDP has nominated 27 women or gender-diverse candidates, about 47 per cent of its overall slate. “That bodes very...

À l’approche des élections, le PC réitère sa position sur les fouilles à Prairie Green

25 September 2023

Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...de campagne, je pense que c’est dégoûtant. Je pense que c’est malsain , ajoute Kyra Wilson. La candidate sortante du NPD pour St. John’s, Nahanni Fontaine, affirme de son côté qu’il est regrettable que le PC ait choisi de faire campagne sur son opposition aux fouilles. Je pense qu’il est tout à...

Election candidates promise to protect animal welfare in Manitoba

25 September 2023

CBC Manitoba - ..."Animal care is not necessarily on the radar of folks and not necessarily [given] its due consideration and importance," NDP candidate for St. Johns Nahanni Fontaine said at the debate. Fontaine said her party would establish a mobile spay and neuter clinic to address dog overpopulation — an issue plaguing...

PCs make opposition to landfill search a central facet of campaign as Manitoba election day nears

25 September 2023

CBC Manitoba - ...the home community for both Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, says the new PC strategy shows a 'lack of compassion.' (Submitted by Kyra Wilson) Nahanni Fontaine, the NDP incumbent candidate for St. John's, said it's unfortunate the PC party chose to campaign on its opposition to the landfill search. "I...

NDP promises to expand access to sexual assault care

25 September 2023

Brandon Sun - ...Asagwara promised. Indigenous organizations and leaders would be consulted to help provide culturally appropriate wraparound care, said Nahanni Fontaine, the NDP’s candidate in St. Johns. Fontaine said some women and girls from northern or rural Manitoba are forced to travel to Winnipeg for care...

NDP to bring better health care and roads to the north, PCs promise privatized booze sales

24 September 2023

CTV - ...The party said that care for sexual assault victims would be available in urban, rural, and northern communities. NDP candidates Uzomo Asagwara and Nahanni Fontaine said an NDP government would hire seven new full-time nurse examiners to support the strategy, costing $2.4 million. Kevin Klein, the Manitoba PC...

NDP promises $2.4 million to expand access to sexual assault care, hire nurses

24 September 2023

Winnipeg Free Press - ...rural and northern Manitoba by hiring seven more full-time nurses under a new provincial strategy. Candidates Uzoma Asagwara (Union Station) and Nahanni Fontaine (St. Johns) announced Sunday, if elected, the plan would ensure sexual assault nurse examiners are available 24-7 in more communities to help...

Le NPD promet d’améliorer les soins médicolégaux pour les victimes de violences sexuelles | Élections au Manitoba 2023

24 September 2023

Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...toute heure du jour, autant en zones urbaines qu'en zones rurales. Elle serait développée en consultation, notamment avec les Premières Nations. Nahanni Fontaine et Uzoma Asagwara, qui tentent d'être réélues sous la bannière NPD respectivement dans les circonscriptions St. Johns et Union Station, ont fait...

NDP promises more sexual assault nurse examiners if elected

24 September 2023

CBC Manitoba - ...Asagwara, incumbent NDP candidate for Union Station, said at a news conference Sunday morning. Asagwara, along with St. John's incumbent candidate Nahanni Fontaine, said too often women have to wait to be seen after assaults, with some even being told to leave and not shower before returning. Fontaine added...