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February 9, 2012
The Parent Support Services Society has been funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development to operate a province-wide support line for grandparents and other relatives who are raising...
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February 9, 2012
From the CCPA site:
Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for their retirement with benefits from the...
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February 9, 2012
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Mar 9 2012 - 6:00pm
Surrey
British Columbia
Event
February 9, 2012
The Older Adult Knowledge Network (Oaknet) is a website of the Legal Resource Centre of Alberta. It has information on how Canadian law protects and affects older adults including information on...
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February 9, 2012
Award winning artist, Kevin Pauls returns to Halifax in this benefit concert for Souls Harbour! Pauls has toured with the Gaithers, and...
Mar 2 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Event
February 2, 2012
At the end of May 2011 Raise the Rates launched the ‘MLA Welfare Challenge’. This challenged one or more of BC MLAs to live on welfare for a month to gain real life experience of living on welfare....
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February 2, 2012
According to Kim Slater:
Here's what we still know about the province: the child poverty rate in B.C. has reached 12% again and is the highest in Canada for the eighth consecutive year; the overall...
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Article
January 31, 2012
With Jagrup Brar's time on welfare coming to an end he has called the challenge “a very, very eye-opening, heartbreaking experience.”
He has met with many individuals and organizations dealing with...
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Article
January 30, 2012
Prisoners’ Legal Services, in conjunction with the John Howard Society of the Fraser Valley (“JHSFV”) is hiring a full time health care/...
Feb 10 2012 - 5:00pm
Abbotsford
Job
January 27, 2012
Reporting to the Communications and Web Manager, the Communications Coordinator develops fresh, brand-consistent web and print content....
Feb 6 2012 - 12:00pm
Vancouver
British Columbia
Job
