Envision a life and job skill-building program that takes a group of youth on the adventure of a lifetime - travelling across Canada to work on organic farms in Manitoba, then back to B.C. for parks and recreation job experience, all the while incorporating French language and cultural learning opportunities.

No one wants to see a child living in poverty. It is an issue that affects all of us and belongs to all of us. We need to empower families with the means to break the poverty cycle by helping to remove barriers and creating opportunities that will bring about real change.

You've heard of the three R's but what about the four B's? British Columbia has proclaimed Nov. 20 as B.C. Child and Youth Day to coincide with National Child Day.

Behaviour interventionists working with children with autism in rural and remote areas in B.C. have a new opportunity to increase their skills through online training offered by Douglas College in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).

Throughout November, B.C. celebrates Adoption Awareness Month to acknowledge the many families created through adoption and bring attention to those children and youth who still need the care and love of a permanent family.

Adoption Awareness Month in November gives us all the opportunity to recognize and thank the many families in B.C. who have opened their hearts and adopted a child into their homes.

Foster families enjoyed a BC Lions game, thanks to a partnership between the football club and the provincial government. Fifty foster families cheered on the Lions Oct. 29th as they hosted the Edmonton Eskimos. The foster families even went on the field before the game to watch the Lions' pre-game warm-up.

Members of the Community Social Services Bargaining Association have ratified the agreement reached with the Community Social Services Employers' Association under the government's 2010 mandate, announced Finance Minister Kevin Falcon.