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IRC To Distribute Elders Benefit Payments On December 1
November 24, 2017 Elders Benefit Payments of $500 are available every year to Inuvialuit beneficiaries over the age of 60. Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will be distributing these payments on December 1. Depending on your current location,…
Province Marks HIV/AIDS Awareness Week and World AIDS Day – Government of NS
November 24, 2017 A red ribbon flag was raised today, Nov. 24, to honour those living with HIV and AIDS and those whose lives have been lost. The flag raising…
Final report of the FASD prevalence study of corrections population released – Government of YT
November 23, 2017 The final report of a three-year research study into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence in Yukon’s corrections population was released today. The results identified that 17.5…
GNU: Pertussis outbreak in Nunavut is over
November 22, 2017 The Department of Health is declaring that the pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in Nunavut is over. This was the second outbreak in the territory in the past…
Islanders invited to help craft poverty-reduction strategy
November 21, 2017 Supporting Island families – Islanders are invited to help create a collaborative strategy to further reduce poverty in the province. The Poverty Reduction Advisory Council will provide…
Holiday Wish List a guide for helping Toronto’s homeless and vulnerable this holiday season
November21, 2017 Torontonians who want to help people experiencing homelessness this holiday season have a one-stop place to go for helpful ideas: the 2017 Holiday Wish List. The City of…
Ending Poverty Is Not Negotiable in Election 2018
Urgent Action Needed to Address Child and Family Poverty Rates TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2017 – Ending poverty for almost half a million children and their families should be a key platform for…
FSR 2017 – Provincial-Territorial Health Care Cost Drivers
November 20, 2017 Demographics are a key driver of provincial-territorial government health care spending. Over 1976 to 2015, population growth and ageing, combined, contributed 1.8 percentage points (26 per cent)…
First Call’s 2017 BC Child Poverty Report Card
First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition with the support of SPARC BC produces an annual report card with the latest statistics on child and family poverty in British Columbia. This is done…
FCM: Opioid announcement advances urgently needed action
November 20, 2017 Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Chair of the FCM’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus’ (BCMC) Task Force on the Opioid Crisis, issued the following statement in response to Health…
