Margaret MacKinnon says the sudden destruction of an Indigenous cultural and healing centre on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg more than five years ago was a tragedy to the many people who used it.

But the former Windy Hill Learning and Wellness Centre, run by the Winnipeg non-profit Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, has now been rebuilt and renamed the Grey Buffalo Grandfather Wellness Lodge.

The new 36-bed lodge at Hillside Beach, about 100 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, officially opened Friday.

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