The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business will bestow a major honour on the president of one of B.C.’s regional universities.
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With changes to all fundraising events this year, Nanaimo Community Hospice Society was not able to hold it’s signature event,
Read more →No matter which side you are on in the matter of renaming the Washington Redskins, this is funny.
Read more →Canada has failed in its duty to protect vulnerable elders in long-term care, according to a highly critical report that examines the issue in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Read more →Victoria, B.C.— B.C.’s Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is reminding seniors they can defer paying their property tax through the provincial Property Tax Deferment (PTD) Program.
Read more →Two ministerial orders made during the COVID-19 pandemic by BC’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General went beyond the authority assigned to him under the Emergency Program Act and thus are contrary to law, an Ombudsperson investigation released today finds.
Read more →B.C.’s Seniors Advocate Statement on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2020
Read more →Isolated adults are vulnerable to elder financial abuse but conversation can help drive change.
Read more →In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . . You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian – any
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