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Monday, February 13, 2023 10:45 AM
Youth who want to help other youth will be able to train for jobs in the health and social services sector as youth peer support workers, thanks to a new $16.2-million provincial grant.
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Monday, January 30, 2023 8:30 AM
As many as 15 eligible participants will receive skills training to prepare them for jobs as medical laboratory assistants in the Lower Mainland through a new Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project funded by the ministry.
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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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Monday, December 12, 2022 2:00 PM
As many as 30 eligible participants will receive training to prepare them for jobs as professional truck drivers in the Lower Mainland.
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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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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:45 PM
Professional skills training is helping prepare as many as 45 people for jobs as crisis-response and mental-health workers in the Lower Mainland.
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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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Friday, August 5, 2022 10:00 AM
Residents of Surrey and White Rock will soon have greater access to more nutritious food through grants to local food security projects.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 1:00 PM
Community social-service agencies and families will benefit from provincial investments in research and a new grant program that will support long-term sustainability of the community social-services sector.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 11:15 AM
A new investment of $2 million will support the development and growth of British Columbia’s co-operative businesses, while expanding services for people who use them.
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