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Monday, January 23, 2023 1:00 PM
People who have difficulty purchasing menstruation products in the Interior, Cranbrook, Hope, Kamloops, on the Lower Mainland and on southern Vancouver Island will soon have more options thanks to newly funded period poverty pilot projects created by local community organizations.
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Friday, December 2, 2022 8:45 AM
Twelve B.C.-based non-profit organizations will receive provincial grants for as much as $40,000 each to support community-based projects that advance accessibility and inclusion in B.C.
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Friday, December 2, 2022 8:15 AM
The Province is awarding the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) a $2.5-million grant to expand its employment program dedicated to blind or partially sighted people.
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Friday, September 16, 2022 7:30 AM
Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Dan Coulter, Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, have released the following statement in recognition of Disability Employment Month:
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Thursday, May 26, 2022 1:15 PM
New provincial funding of nearly $5.3 million means more organizations can focus on creating projects that will make life better for people with developmental disabilities.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9:00 AM
As many as 30 people will get skills training to retrain them for jobs in the greenhouse sector as landscape and horticulture technicians.
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Thursday, March 24, 2022 11:45 AM
A new $34-million fund for non-profit groups in British Columbia will provide much-needed support for organizations that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to struggle during recovery.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:45 PM
A new labour market study will provide insights into British Columbia’s non-profit sector and help identify solutions to sector-wide challenges.
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Friday, December 3, 2021 8:45 AM
The Province has appointed 11 British Columbians as the first members of the Provincial Accessibility Committee (PAC), marking the next step in government’s work to remove barriers for people with disabilities in B.C.
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Monday, October 4, 2021 2:55 PM
Increasing supports and services in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic helped some of B.C.’s most vulnerable people, as outlined in the 2020 annual report on poverty reduction.
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