Services: Digest for September 19, 2024

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New accord on child well-being signed by First Nations Leadership Council, Province

Wednesday 18 September 2024 04:00 PM UTC+00 | Tags: children-and-family-development
The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the Province have signed a child well-being accord that recommits how the parties work together to support First Nations children and families.
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  • children-and-family-development

New treatment centre will help more First Nations people across BC

Wednesday 18 September 2024 04:10 PM UTC+00 | Tags: mental-health-and-addictions
From First Nations Health Authority: https://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/new-treatment-centre-will-help-more-first-nations-people-across-bc
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  • mental-health-and-addictions

BC Hydro receives strong response to call for clean electricity to power economy

Wednesday 18 September 2024 04:30 PM UTC+00 | Tags: energy-mines-and-low-carbon-innovation
BC Hydro has received a strong response to its call for new renewable power-generation projects while it continues to build out and strengthen B.C.'s electricity grid, creating jobs and supporting clean growth in communities such as Vancouver.
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  • energy-mines-and-low-carbon-innovation

New student spaces coming quicker to B.C. communities

Wednesday 18 September 2024 05:15 PM UTC+00 | Tags: education-and-child-care
Ten communities will soon have more student spaces as part of the government's actions to expand schools quicker.
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  • education-and-child-care

B.C. improving community resilience through climate adaptation

Wednesday 18 September 2024 05:31 PM UTC+00 | Tags: emergency-management-and-climate-readiness
To better protect people and improve community defences against climate change, the Province is providing funding to communities across British Columbia for disaster risk resilience and climate-adaptation projects.
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  • emergency-management-and-climate-readiness

New micro-credential program helps boost B.C. rural, remote economic development

Wednesday 18 September 2024 06:15 PM UTC+00 | Tags: post-secondary-education-and-future-skills
A new micro-credential program at North Island College (NIC) will help people living in rural and Indigenous communities build relevant skillsets to foster economic growth in their communities.
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  • post-secondary-education-and-future-skills

Better patient care, more nurses coming to B.C.

Wednesday 18 September 2024 07:25 PM UTC+00 | Tags: health
Patients will experience improved care and nurses will experience a stronger health-care system as the Province and BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) have now established nurse-to-patient ratios for the majority of hospital settings.
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  • health

Construction underway for New Westminster elementary school expansion

Wednesday 18 September 2024 08:30 PM UTC+00 | Tags: education-and-child-care
Students and families of Queen Elizabeth Elementary will benefit from more classrooms with an addition now under construction.
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  • education-and-child-care

New Fort St. James health facility nears completion

Wednesday 18 September 2024 10:05 PM UTC+00 | Tags: health
People in Fort St. James will soon have enhanced access to high-quality health care as the new hospital and health centre nears substantial completion.
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  • health

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