FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM NEW DENTAL CLINIC
Dawson Creek – April 23, 2008 – Minister Claude Richmond is joined by Blair Lekstrom, MLA for Peace River South and staff of the new Gateway Dental Clinic in Dawson Creek. The clinic, made possible by a $300,000 grant from the provincial government, provides dental services to low-income residents. From left to right, Dr. Veronika Ciastko, Dentist, Ramona Dunsire, Receptionist, Meghan Banner, Hygienist, Minister Richmond, Christina Collins, Certified Dental Assistant, and MLA Lekstrom.News
$3 MILLION MEANS UVIC CAN ASSIST MORE DISABLED
VICTORIA – A $3 million provincial grant will allow the University of Victoria’s CanAssist to expand their leading-edge technology program and help more British Columbians with disabilities, announced Claude Richmond, Minister of Employment and Income Assistance, and Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education.
$500,000 GRANT AIDS DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
VANCOUVER – The Province has provided $500,000 to the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for low-tech assistive hearing devices to help British Columbians with a hearing loss, announced Employment and Income Assistance Minister Claude Richmond.
MAP FUNDING BENEFITS STREET-LEVEL SEX TRADE WORKERS
VICTORIA – Some of the most vulnerable women working in the sex trade in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) will continue to receive services through the Mobile Access Project (MAP), thanks to $190,000 from the Province. The funding was announced today by Ida Chong, Minister of Community Services and Minister responsible for Seniors’ and Women’s Issues.
FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM NEW DENTAL CLINIC IN DAWSON CREEK
DAWSON CREEK - The new Gateway Dental Clinic, made possible by a $300,000 grant from the provincial government, is providing closer-to-home dental services to low-income residents in Dawson Creek, Employment and Income Assistance Minister Claude Richmond and Peace River South MLA Blair Lekstrom announced.
$2 MILLION DOUBLES FUNDING FOR TENANT STARTER KITS
VICTORIA – More low-income British Columbians will benefit from a $2-million, one-time government grant to the BC Non-Profit Housing Association for tenant starter kits, announced Claude Richmond, Minister of Employment and Income Assistance.
