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BC Child Poverty Rate Still Worst in Canada despite continued Drop
NEWS EDITORS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2010 British Columbia’s child poverty rate came down in 2008 — still the worst of any province, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. An…
Manitoba Leads Country in Reducing Child Poverty: Statistics Canada
June 17, 2010 Province Has Second-lowest Poverty Rate Overall, Lowest for Single-parent Families: Ministers New data released today by Statistics Canada confirms the number of children living in poverty has…
FASD symposium planned for September
FOR RELEASE #10-116 June 21, 2010 WHITEHORSE – Registration opened last week for a Yukon-based symposium on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to take place September 28 and 29 in Whitehorse.…
Violence against women is focus of Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers responsible for the Status of Women meeting in Toronto
Toronto, June 18 – Federal-Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for the Status of Women met in Toronto from June 15 to 17, 2010, for their 28th annual meeting. The meeting was…
Canadian AIDS Society Calls for Social Justice in HIV: Freedom, Rights, Dignity
Ottawa, Ontario – June 18, 2010 – The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) calls for social justice in HIV as people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV/AIDS) assemble to attend the annual PLWHIV/AIDS…
UNBC Celebrates Health Rally Anniversary
June 16, 2010 The University of Northern British Columbia will be hosting an event next week to celebrate one of the most significant events in the history of Prince George.…
Stats Canada: Health Reports – June 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 > The June 2010 online edition of Health Reports contains two articles. “Using population data to measure outcomes of care: The case of hip and knee…
Stats Canada – Canadian Social Trends
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 > Canadian Social Trends Summer 2010 The Summer 2010 print edition of Canadian Social Trends, released today, includes seven articles and two fact sheets previously released…
Safety Re-screening urgently Needed for Thousands of B.C. Children
For Immediate Release June 15, 2010 VICTORIA – A large group of B.C. children is at risk of potential harm while living in homes of relatives, and there is an…
Statistics Canada – Canadian Community Health Survey
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 > 2009 (Previous release) According to new data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), one in seven or 4.1 million Canadians aged 12 and older…
