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There will be a series of events this month to celebrate Black History Month, featuring discussions, workshops, and a celebration of the contributions of the Black community in Cambridge and Canada.
The K-W Multicultural Centre has received $75,000 from Ontario Health West for the organization's medical interpreter program. The centre was forced to cancel the program on Jan. 8 due to a funding shortfall.
A lack of affordable housing and struggles to find work is forcing some Ukrainian refugees to rethink whether or not they can stay in Waterloo region. Some have already left, but it's also an issue that is affecting other refugees hoping to settle in the region.
After calls from the community, Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife has written to Ontario's health minister to ask for more funds for medical interpreters for refugees in Waterloo region.
Funding has run out for a service used by family doctors and their patients in Waterloo region. Organizations that support new immigrants and refugees with interpreter services for medical care says their work has to stop for now until they get new funding from the province in April.