{"id":189982,"date":"2025-10-04T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189982\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:53:20","slug":"shovels-in-the-ground-in-early-2026-for-victoria-hospital-ed-kinew-says-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189982\/","title":{"rendered":"Shovels in the ground in early 2026 for Victoria Hospital ED, Kinew says &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been two years since Manitoba\u2019s NDP government was elected, and Premier Wab Kinew says the province is making good on a campaign promise for residents of south Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759603997_236_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The province announced Friday that construction on a new emergency department at Victoria Hospital is ready to go ahead next year.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11461214\/st-boniface-hospital-emergency-department-phase-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a day after<\/a> the provincial government and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) announced the opening of the first phase of upgrades to the emergency department at St. Boniface Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A campaign promise is at the next phase of becoming a reality for South Winnipeg residents.<\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba government has announced the Victoria Hospital emergency department \u2014 which will replace the current urgent care centre \u2014 is ready to go ahead with construction next year.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Kinew said the timing had to be right before work began on building the new Victoria emergency department, and that Manitoba needed to shore up health-care staffing issues prior to any upgrades to the building.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst we had to hire more people to work at the bedside to serve you \u2014 but now that we have these 3,400 new health-care workers, we\u2019re able to say that it\u2019s safe and that the planning has taken place to move ahead with construction here at the Victoria Hospital,\u201d the premier said.<\/p>\n<p>The province says the tender is set to be awarded next month for the emergency department, with construction slated to begin in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11463893\/kehewin-first-nation-drug-alcohol-ban\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759603998_633_Kehewin.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAlberta First Nation residents fight drug, alcohol abuse with push for dry community\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11461417\/diddy-sean-combs-sentence-prostitution\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759603998_282_cedbeab0151797803e343a371cf3ccb0a54ffbca08ef4c132d0778e8a67dda62_768ea8.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison on prostitution charges\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are going to see activity on-site beginning in January 2026,\u201d Kinew said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you\u2019re going to see shovels in the ground, construction of the new Victoria emergency room, in March of this coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Victoria Hospital will also be the site of the Mature Women\u2019s Centre \u2014 scheduled to open alongside the new emergency department \u2014 as well as the Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Treatment facility, restored ER among changes announced for Winnipeg\u2019s Victoria Hospital'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VICTORIA_thumbnail_1280x720.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   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