Two programs that help people with disabilities connect with services and supports in their communities will be expanding through new funding from the Province.

The contributions of people with disabilities are being celebrated during British Columbia’s first AccessAbility Week, May 27 to June 2, 2018.

Tom Christensen has served as board chair of Community Living B.C. since July 2015, and as his term comes to an end, Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, has issued the following statement:

Filing taxes will be easier for hundreds more people receiving provincial disability benefits with the expansion of Disability Alliance BC's Tax AID program.

Former residents of Woodlands who attended the school before Aug. 1, 1974, will finally receive compensation for systemic abuse suffered at the provincial institution, announced Premier John Horgan.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Maple Ridge on Monday, March 26, 2018.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Abbotsford on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Langley on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Chilliwack on Thursday, March 29, 2018.