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THANK YOU VICTORIA, for packing over 4400 gift-filled shoeboxes for the annual Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse.

THANK YOU VICTORIA, for packing over 4400 gift-filled shoeboxes for the annual Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse.

Once again, you have been generous in giving, letting children – many of whom have never received a gift in their lives – know that someone far away in Canada cares about them and they are not forgotten. Shoebox gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items and

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 Government implements majority of B.C. Ombudsperson’s recommendations following investigation into health ministry firings

 Government implements majority of B.C. Ombudsperson’s recommendations following investigation into health ministry firings

B.C.’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released an investigative update today titled, Interim Assessment of Implementation of Recommendations – Misfire: The 2012 Ministry of Health Employment Terminations and Related Matters. This report assesses government’s progress implementing the 41 recommendations in the Ombudsperson’s 2017 report into Ministry of Health employment

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