Altona YFC To Benefit From Proceeds Of Crime

he Province is throwing its support behind Altona Youth For Christ’s move to a larger facility. It has granted The Station $25,000 through its Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund to help create a more accessible maker space area for at-risk youth in the community.

“It’s poetic the way we can take that which was meant for harm and turn it to good in a program like this,” said Justice Minister Cameron Friesen.

The Criminal Property Forfeiture program seizes and liquidates criminal assets and redirects funding to projects and initiatives designed to protect Manitobans and enhance public safety, including organizations across Manitoba whose initiatives build community, invest in youth and support victims of…