{"id":48958,"date":"2026-05-17T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/48958\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:02:09","slug":"winnipeg-fighting-fires-without-solving-vacant-house-problem-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/48958\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg fighting fires without solving vacant house problem | Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighters battled six vacant building<\/a> fires in a three-hour span on Tuesday. Highlights Winnipeg\u2019s steady erosion under Mayor Gillingham\u2019s resistance to change tactics and inability to deliver meaningful outcomes for Winnipeggers.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg\u2019s vacant houses have long been identified as a growing problem<\/a>. \u201cFor too long, there are too many properties that seem to be chronically neglected or derelict year after year, and it\u2019s really in many ways unfair to the area property owners who take good care and pride in maintaining their property,\u201d said then Councillor Scott Gillingham in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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