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Evacuation order for slum condo
More than a dozen low-income tenants have been evacuated from a slum condo building in Abbotsford after the owners consistently failed to maintain minimum safety requirements demanded by the city.
Caring Place hunts for walkers
A walk through a cold night in Maple Ridge can give a small taste of what it's like to live on the streets - but it's also an opportunity to raise money for the Caring Place.
WORKing for a better future
The folks at Abbotsford WORKS are in the business of helping people get jobs.
'The situation has become dire'
Royal City resident Tom Page has firsthand knowledge about the financial struggles felt by people with disabilities.
Hannah House doubles in size to help women
Women who are recovering from addiction have access to 17 new recovery beds in Maple Ridge with Wednesday's opening of a new addition to Hannah House.
City program helped abuse survivors find jobs
Being out of work is stressful enough without sexual abuse flashbacks, posttraumatic stress disorder or an abusive partner.
Letters of the week
Your staff writer, Mike Howell, has written a much needed exposé on our province government's inadequate distribution of the $1.5 billion yearly welfare budget here in B.C. His article is well written but the statistics from the Ministry of Social Development as stated in his article do not add up. i.e. A 10 per cent increase to the $610 monthly rate for 24,723 recipients equals $1.5 million extra cost per month ($18 million per year) and not the $24 million a month stated. If the $610 rate was doubled to $1,220 per month, the cost would be a total of $362 million per year. This temporary cash outlay would be reduced as people found suitable employment.
Challenging welfare
Life, as Jagrup Brar knows it, will return to its familiar pace next Tuesday when he packs up his belongings and heads back to his Surrey home.
Employment centre coming to Downtown Eastside
The Open Door Group is gearing up to provide more employment services in the Downtown Eastside while at least two other area non-profits look at closing shop.
Linking jobs with those in need
A Burnaby firm has helped more than 5,000 clients with mental or behavioural disorders since 1990.
Bloy pleased with new post
Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Harry Bloy is happy with his new post as minister of multiculturalism, something that he said is part of B.C.'s job plan and a better fit for him than the Social Development Ministry.
Criticism may lead to change
Once in a while, a politician takes issue with his or her own party's policies. Sometimes it's motivated by personal ambition, sometimes by conscience.
Criticism from within may lead to change
Once in a while, a politician takes issue with his or her own party's policies. Sometimes it's motivated by personal ambition, sometimes by conscience.
Hawes was losing sleep - shouldn't we all?
Once in a while a politician takes issue with his or her own party's policies. Sometimes it's motivated by personal ambition, sometimes by conscience.
Activist relying on faith
New Westminster activist Paul Mulangu says he plans on just "God and faith" getting him through 10 days of being on hunger strike and chained to the front door of the Centre of Integration for African Immigrants.
A duty of care
One measure of an enlightened society is that it cares for its members least able to look after themselves.
