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The Standard-Freeholder reported earlier this month the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) had invested more than $90,000 in order to create the Akwesasne Healing Centre, a homeless shelter and healing centre located at the Care Centre. Despite being nearly ready to welcome its first visitors, the 11,000-square-foot shelter had to remain locked due to not receiving the proper permits from the City of Cornwall.
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“The feedback we have received for the (Akwesasne Healing) centre has been very positive for us,” said MCA Grand Chief Abram Benedict. “We’re excited about it this is our first initiative that we started off-reserve for service delivery.”
KITCHENER About a year ago, the first murmurs were heard of a mysterious illness spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan. By January of 2020, the first case of COVID-19 had reached Canada. Two months later, Waterloo Region identified its first case after two people had returned from Italy. What followed next would be nine months of illness and heartbreak, but also resilience and hope. Here is a look back at 2020 and how COVID-19 has shaped our lives this year.
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March 3: After making headlines around the globe for weeks, COVID-19 finally reached Waterloo Region after the region’s first case returned from a trip to Italy.