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CBC
7 hours ago
- Health
- CBC
New CancerCare Manitoba building could cost up to $1 billion: Kinew
The Manitoba government says construction on a long-promised centre for cancer research and treatment will get underway next year. The new headquarters for CancerCare Manitoba was cancelled by the former Progressive Conservative government in 2017, and the NDP promised in 2023 to build it if elected. Premier Wab Kinew says $11.5 million has been set aside this year for design work and a four-year construction project is expected to start next year. Kinew says a very preliminary cost estimate is more than $800 million, but that figure could rise to $1 billion. The current building opened in 2003, and Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, former CEO of CancerCare Manitoba, says a new, larger building with updated technology is needed. The project is to be built near the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.
CTV News
8 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
New building to fight cancer could cost $1 billion, Manitoba premier says
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks with media before at a First Ministers Meeting at the National War Museum Friday, March 21, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says construction on a long-promised centre for cancer research and treatment will get underway next year. The new headquarters for CancerCare Manitoba was cancelled by the former Progressive Conservative government in 2017, and the NDP promised in 2023 to build it if elected. Premier Wab Kinew says $11.5 million has been set aside this year for design work and a four-year construction project is expected to start next year. Kinew says a very preliminary cost estimate is over $800 million but that figure could rise to $1 billion. The current building opened in 2003, and Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, former CEO of CancerCare Manitoba, says a new, larger building with updated technology is needed. The project is to be built near the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 9, 2025. Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
9 hours ago
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
New CancerCare facility will be world class: health minister
The province is building a new CancerCare Manitoba site that government leaders say will attract 'world-class' physicians and researchers to Winnipeg. 'In many respects, our province is doing its absolute best to deliver yesterday's care because we don't have the space to welcome the future,' Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara told a news conference at the health-care agency's headquarters at 675 McDermot Ave. on Monday. 'This facility will change that.' Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara (Mikaela MacKenzie /Winnipeg Free Press files) The preliminary estimate for the project is $815 million and it's anticipated to take about four years to build. Asagwara was flanked by Premier Wab Kinew and Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, past president and chief executive officer of CancerCare Manitoba, among others, to make the announcement. The NDP promised to expand treatment for cancer services at Health Sciences Centre during the 2023 election campaign; Dhaliwal endorsed that pledge on the campaign trail. In 2017, citing budget constraints, the former Progressive Conservative government scrapped a 300,000-square-foot expansion to CancerCare Manitoba. The project was estimated to cost around $300 million at the time. Kinew told reporters his government is 'stepping up where the previous government stepped back.' Tuesdays A weekly look at politics close to home and around the world. The new facility will attract health-care workers and improve patient care, the premier said. He noted that the province will use tobacco company settlement funds to support the project. Manitoba expects to receive $1 billion from a class-action lawsuit, the province said in March. 'We're going to invest every single dollar in curing cancer, in fighting cancer and supporting cancer patients — every step of the way,' Kinew said. The health minister said the facility will help the province 'flex our research muscles' and host 'cutting-edge clinical trials.' Maggie MacintoshEducation reporter Maggie Macintosh reports on education for the Free Press. Originally from Hamilton, Ont., she first reported for the Free Press in 2017. Read more about Maggie. Funding for the Free Press education reporter comes from the Government of Canada through the Local Journalism Initiative. Every piece of reporting Maggie produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Global News
9 hours ago
- Health
- Global News
Province to build cutting-edge facility for CancerCare Manitoba
Manitoba's premier and health minister say the province is taking its first step toward building a new, state-of-the-art headquarters for CancerCare Manitoba. Premier Wab Kinew said Monday that the proposed facility will be located on the Bannatyne health campus at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre. Plans for a new headquarters for CancerCare were originally announced in 2015, before getting cancelled two years later by the then-Progressive Conservative provincial government. 'After years of broken promises, our government is moving forward to build CancerCare for the future with a world-class facility that gives patients the space and care they deserve, and provides the resources cancer researchers need to help more Manitobans become cancer-free. Get weekly health news Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday. Sign up for weekly health newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'The new headquarters will deliver cutting-edge care, the best quality service, the newest techniques, all in a space with more room, more light, and more comfort for Manitobans living with cancer.' Story continues below advertisement Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, a former CancerCare CEO, said Monday that a new facility has been needed, desperately, for decades. 'The current CancerCare building was full the day it opened in 2003,' Dhaliwal said. 'With all the dramatic advances in cancer treatments, Manitoba needs a facility that has the space and resources to deliver the most effective care to our cancer patients.'
