British Columbia’s Finance Minister Katrine Conroy delivered the province’s 2024 budget today. The budget did not introduce any major new spending initiatives or programs but announced a series of increases or changes to current programs. They include a $248 million one-time bonus to the B.C. Family Benefit fund, which will see approximately 340,000 families receive […]
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The Alberta government has announced the province will provide $4 million to expand the capacity of a First Nations-run homeless shelter by 125 beds in Lethbridge. The Blood Tribe Department of Health has been operating the shelter since 2023 and will continue to do so under a new memorandum of understanding. The current number of
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The federal government is delivering $4 million for communities and organizations in rural Alberta working to reduce or prevent homelessness. The funding comes from rural and remote funding streams as part of Reaching Home, Canada’s national homelessness strategy, and will be distributed over the next two years in Alberta by the Rural Development Network (RDN). “Investing
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