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**From the BC Government Website** **Published March 12, 2021** People experiencing homelessness are moving into safe and secure homes with wraparound supports as a new supportive housing project opens in the community. Located at 749 School Rd., the three-storey …
Powell River getting infrastructure and jobs boost through B.C.’s Economic Recovery Plan, says MLA Simons
POWELL RIVER – New Democrat MLA Nicholas Simons says that Powell River will be able to recover more quickly from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with help from close to $1.4 million in new funding for local infrastructure projects. …
Northeast Bay waters on Texada Island to be protected thanks to community efforts, says MLA Simons
POWELL RIVER – New Democrat MLA Nicholas Simons says that the protected area around Northeast Bay on Texada Island is being extended to cover the waters of the bay itself, a decision that was advocated for by the local community. “Northeast …
MLA Simons says funding will support safe social service delivery in Powell River
POWELL RIVER – New Democrat MLA Nicholas Simons says that $72,000 in funding from the province will help support safer social service delivery in Powell River. The funding will go to the Inclusion Powell River Society for the creation of an outdoor ‘warm room’ to deliver physically distanced programming, including …
MLA Nicholas Simons says funding will improve food security for people on the Sunshine Coast
SECHELT – New Democrat MLA Nicholas Simons says that $250,000 in funding from the province of B.C. for the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society will help improve food security for people on the lower coast. “The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the importance of community supports like those the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society provides, and …