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CURRENT JACKPOT APPROACHING: $ 1 MILLION WINNER TAKES HALF WIN MANITOBA’S BIGGEST SUMMER 50/50! WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM ● A5 The Starbucks coffee shop in Osborne Village has permanently closed its doors amid a changing market and safety concerns in the neighbourhood. The chain closed the River Avenue and Osborne Street location May 5, say- ing it was temporary. But Leanna Rizzi, spokeswoman for Starbucks Coffee Canada, said Monday the store is shuttered permanently. She said the company “routinely evaluates its store portfolio to deter- mine how and where we can best meet the needs of our… (employees), custom- ers and the communities we serve.” Asked for details about that review, Rizzi said the “personal safety and sec- urity” of its staff is always among the factors considered when the company reviews its stores. Rizzi was vague about the reasoning when the doors closed early last month. Osborne Village BIZ’s executive direc- tor Zohreh Gervais said she believed the decision was tied to a violent in- cident the day before at the adjacent Manitoba Liquor Mart. Gervais said Monday that Starbucks told her the closure was largely tied to market and customer changes. “What they said to me… was that sev- eral factors were taken into account,” she said . “Most fell under the umbrella of site and market potential, including customer patterns.” Gervais said she thinks the location, which she described as always bustling with foot traffic, will be a viable spot for another business. The business association director said she suspected the closure was, at least in part, tied to the fact the loca- tion had no drive-thru, though Rizzi said that was not a factor in Starbucks’ decision. “This will create a really lovely opening, hopefully for a local business to step into that space, a business that wants to have foot traffic only,” said Gervais. “So I’m not super worried about what this reflects for the Village — if it was closing for… just the safety reasons, that would be different, but having spoken with them, they’ve cited site potential, market changes, customer needs changing and looking at their long-term planning.” She said the shop will be missed by area residents and others. “I understand that this is going to leave a big hole in the neighbourhood for residents who are looking for a coffee fix,” she said, adding that Little Sister Coffee Maker on River Avenue remains open, while two other coffee shops are slated to open in the neigh- bourhood soon. There have been several violent in- cidents in the neighbourhood, includ- ing an assault on River Avenue May 25 and a stabbing at the adjacent Shoppers Drug Mart last fall. Gervais said provincial Justice Min- ister Matt Wiebe reached out to discuss neighbourhood concerns following Starbucks’ closure in May and the Win- nipeg Police Service increased its pres- ence in the area later in the month. WPS spokeswoman Const. Dani Mc- Kinnon confirmed the service has undertaken a “more visible police pres- ence” in the area in the short term, with a more longer-term strategy expected soon. erik.pindera@freepress.mb.ca NEWS I LOCAL TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024 RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS FILES Starbucks initially closed the doors of its River Avenue and Osborne Street location May 5. The company now says the closure is permanent. ERIK PINDERA Starbucks permanently closes Osborne Village location Safety, security ‘among the factors’ considered for store P REMIER Wab Kinew will join Can- adian veterans, heads of state, and the Prince of Wales to commem- orate the 80th anniversary of D-Day later this week. Eight decades to the day when Can- adian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, under heavy fire from German troops, Kinew will take part in Canada’s commemoration event on Thursday, along with Prime Minis- ter Justin Trudeau, French Prime Min- ister Gabriel Attal and D-Day veterans. Two Indigenous youth from Manitoba will perform at the ceremony — Grace Ginter on the fiddle and Mitchell Ma- koons on the guitar. Kinew will also attend the inter- national ceremony that day at Omaha Beach, along with heads of state from France, the United States and the United Kingdom. “I will have the great honour of at- tending the commemorations to honour these sacrifices at Juno Beach on be- half of the people of Manitoba,” Kinew told the legislature Monday. “The uncommon valour we witnessed on D-Day, and in the ultimate victories which led to the end of that war, must never be forgotten. Truly, the global framework of human rights and dem- ocracy, that we take as a given today, were forged in the fire of World War II, the horrors of the Holocaust, and in the conventions that followed. “Gender equality, a consensus around the benefits of immigration, a free and open society in which you are at liberty to be who you want to be — so many of the things we are rightfully proud of, when it comes to our way of life, can be traced back to the troops who stormed Juno Beach and other sites as part of Operation Overlord.” Wayne Ewasko, interim leader of the Progressive Conservative party, noted of the 14,000 Canadians who stormed Juno Beach, 359 died. “These men were the sons, brothers, neighbours and friends of people back home,” Ewasko said. “Their deaths were not in vain and they will never be forgotten.” Interim Manitoba Liberal Party lead- er Cindy Lamoureux said the actions of numerous Manitobans contributed to victory on D-Day. “To their memory, and to their fam- ilies, for their sacrifice and loss, we honour the fallen and the survivors.” The day before the anniversary, Kinew will join family members of veterans and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Association to lay a wreath at the regiment’s monument in Courseul- les-sur-Mer. The premier will also go to an event at the Beny-sur-Mer cem- etery, where Canadian veterans will be in attendance, including Jim Parks of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, as well as paying respects at gravesites of fallen Manitoba soldiers, including Indigen- ous graves. As well, there will be wreath laying at two landing spots of the Fort Garry Horse — Saint Aubin-sur-Mer and Ber- nieres-sur-Mer. For the first time by the Manitoba government, a wreath will be laid at the Château d’Audrieu monument, the site where 24 Canadian soldiers — most members of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles — were executed as prisoners of war. On June 7, Kinew will tour the Juno Beach Centre and take part in a smudg- ing ceremony at l’Abbaye d’Ardenne. Twenty Canadians, including Mi’kmaq soldier Private Charles Doucette, were executed there during the war. It’s the most significant commemora- tion of the military operation since the 75th anniversary five years ago. At that time, then-premier Brian Pal- lister caused controversy when, after announcing to Manitobans he would represent the province at the ceremon- ies, did not appear at Juno Beach. Instead of the premier, the province’s special envoy for military affairs, MLA Jon Reyes, took his place. Pallister also missed a wreath laying at the Beny-sur- Mer Canadian War Cemetery the day before. Pallister’s press secretary later con- firmed the premier instead went to Les- trem, France, to meet with representa- tives of agribusiness giant Roquette. kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca Premier to attend D-Day anniversary commemorations KEVIN ROLLASON Superintendent, trustees out in Dauphin school division shakeup BRANDON — Three Dau- phin-area trustees have re- signed following the depar- ture of the school division’s superintendent. The Manitoba Métis Fed- eration alleged in a Monday news release Superintendent Stephen Jaddock of the Moun- tain View School Division was fired because he allowed last weekend’s Dauphin Pride parade to start at a division school. The board chair has denied the allegation. Trustee Lloyd Martens con- firmed to the Brandon Sun by phone Monday evening he had submitted his resignation earlier in the day and said his colleagues Leifa Misko and Scott McCallum had submit- ted theirs as well. Martens said he did not want to say much more ahead of the release of results from a governance review into the division ordered by Education Minister Nello Altomare, but read out the contents of his resignation letter. “I’m resigning as a school trustee effective immedi- ately,” Martens said. “The conduct I’ve witnessed by board members is not some- thing I can support or con- tinue to be associated with.” Martens said he was not present at a board meeting Friday when Jaddock’s status was discussed. By Facebook Messenger, Misko confirmed she had re- signed. The Sun was unable to reach McCallum. The governance review was ordered after trustee Paul Coffey made a presentation in April making comments about Indigenous people that were condemned by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the Southern Chiefs’ Organiza- tion. Coffey defended residential schools, denied the existence of white privilege, used out- dated terms to refer to In- digenous people and attacked land acknowledgements. The review was expected to conclude Monday, accord- ing to a letter from Altomare read out at the board’s May 13 regular meeting. In a statement issued by the Dauphin-based division earli- er Monday, board chair Gabe Mercier announced Jaddock’s departure was effective im- mediately and the search for his successor had started. In an email to the Sun, Mer- cier denied the MMF’s alleg- ation about Jaddock’s depar- ture and said the board had been reviewing his contract and performance since April 22 “when he made a proposal to the board.” Mercier also referenced the meeting held about Jaddock’s status, though there is no rec- ord of the meeting on the div- ision’s website. He said the decision to dismiss Jaddock was unani- mous among board members present at the meeting. He de- nied Jaddock’s dismissal was related to the statement the superintendent posted to the division’s website following Coffey’s presentation. Though Jaddock did not name Coffey, his statement said that he regretted not stepping up and interrupting the presentation and that he intended to continue to pursue reconciliation. That statement has since been deleted from the school division’s website. After the announcement of Jaddock’s departure, the MMF sent out a news release claiming it came in the after- math of the Pride parade the federation’s Northwest Re- gion held last Saturday. “The MMF’s Northwest Re- gion sponsored the second an- nual, successful Pride Parade in Dauphin on Saturday,” the release said. “Unfortunately, the event was overshadowed by the (Mountain View School Div- ision) superintendent’s abrupt dismissal the night before. Northwest regional leader- ship and citizens were deeply concerned by reports within the community that the super- intendent’s dismissal was at least partly in reaction to the Pride parade beginning on school grounds.” In a phone interview, Fran- ces Chartrand, Métis minis- ter of child care, said she had been told at the Pride parade by division teachers, parents and Métis citizens that Jad- dock had been fired over the event. She said there were wor- ries the parade would be shut down, but that did not happen. — Brandon Sun COLIN SLARK Leader fired after Pride parade on school grounds, MMF alleges ;