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Eddie Calisto-Tavares father died in the Maples Personal Care Home COVID-19 outbreak.
Despite the desperate pleas of family members to the Manitoba government to send help to their loved ones at Maples Personal Care Home, which was stricken with a COVID-19 outbreak last fall, health officials failed to notice the emerging crisis.
Winnipeg Free Press
Despite the desperate pleas of family members to the Manitoba government to send help to their loved ones at Maples Personal Care Home, which was stricken with a COVID-19 outbreak last fall, health officials failed to notice the emerging crisis.
In late October, families with loved ones in Maples told the media they were seriously concerned about staffing levels and infections. That was a week into what became the province’s largest and deadliest personal care home outbreak.
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Jamil Mahmood brings a lifetime of hands-on experience to his new role as the face of Main Street Project.
The 39-year-old executive director has spent the last 21 years living in downtown Winnipeg while working on the frontlines of many of the issues that have grown over the years in the city’s core.
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But he is ready to take on a bigger role in shaping solutions and opportunities for the community.
“This is on a larger scale and this is where I want to be working, I want to be the change and be part of the change that Winnipeg needs to be the best city that we can,” he said.