Park Theatre hosts Phoenix Sinclair playhouse fundraiser

A playhouse to be built in honour of a little girl who was murdered over a decade ago got a boost in Winnipeg on Friday night.

A small group of people came together at the Park Theatre to raise money for the construction of the Phoenix SinclairStay andPlayhouse.

Sinclair, 5, was murdered by her mother, and her mother's partner, in 2006.

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Kim Edwards, who used totake care of the little girl, said building the playhouse is a great way to honour the memory of Sinclair.

"Naming it after Phoenix, it was a way of giving her a positive legacy away from Child and Family Services," said Edwards. "The majority of Phoenix's life was spent away from Child and Family Services, not in it."

The playhouse will be for kids under the age of5andwill be built on Selkirk Avenue.

A 91-day, $14-millionpublicinquirylooked at how Manitoba Child and Family Services officials handled the Sinclair's death. It ultimatelyled the province to issue an apology and set out to implement a series of recommendations made by the report intended to prevent future tragedies.