‘We need it here,’ elder says after Peguis First Nation trust built daycare in Winnipeg suburb [Video]

A daycare owned by an organization created to benefit Peguis First Nation promises dozens of new daycare spots for families when it opens its doors — but not for the First Nation in Manitoba’s Interlake region, which is in dire need of child care.

Instead, the project, touting 74 new spaces for children, was built in East St. Paul, northeast of Winnipeg and more than 150 kilometres south of Peguis.

“Why wouldn’t you bring it to Peguis here and build it here, when we need it here?” said Bruce Sinclair, a Peguis elder who is concerned by lack of daycare spots on the First Nation.

The daycare, which is still not operational, is built on part of a plot of land that was formerly a private golf course called The Meadows in East St. Paul.

The 75-hectare parcel of land was purchased in 2021 by the Peguis First Nation Real …