MLA Mable Elmore’s Statement in the Legislature about the 411 Seniors Centre: The grey tsunami has arrived, and they’re working to change the world. The 500-member-strong 411 Seniors Centre Society activates the talents, strengths, expertise and skills of older adults. …
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VANCOUVER – MLA Mable Elmore is welcoming $42,500 in funding for the South Vancouver Community Crime Prevention Society, based in Vancouver-Kensington. The organization, which provides public safety services, is receiving funds through the Community Gaming Grants program. “Part of building community safety …
Please support local hockey team in Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup
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More supportive homes for Indigenous peoples in need in Vancouver
New Beginnings, a new modular housing project, is opening its doors and offering Indigenous peoples experiencing homelessness a place to call home. The Province and the City of Vancouver have partnered on the 98-unit supportive housing project, which is a …
Vote now for a Community Kitchen at new Marpole Neighbourhood House
We need your help! The new Marpole Neighbourhood House (MNH) is opening on April 2019 at the old Heritage Firehall #22 in Marpole — and they have submitted a great idea to the Aviva Community Fund. It’s to start a …
Save Our Schools
Our province has gone from having the second best funded K-12 education system in Canada to the second worst under this provincial government. And now sadly, provincial policies are targeting the closure of various schools in Richmond, Victoria and Vancouver. …
Help General Brock Elementary get a new play space
A small community school in my riding needs your help. General Brock Elementary is one of only 5 schools across BC – and the only one from Vancouver – selected to be a finalist for a BCAA Play Here Grant. …
Philippine Independence Day greetings from the B.C. New Democrats
VICTORIA – New Democrat Leader John Horgan and Vancouver-Kensington MLA Mable Elmore issued the following statement on the annual Philippine Independence Day celebrations on behalf of the B.C. New Democrats: “Today as millions of people in the Philippines and around …
Cancel CBSA “Project Guardian” raids on caregivers, say local groups to PM Trudeau
Migrante BC, the West Coast Domestic Workers Association and MLA Mable Elmore today called on Prime Minister Trudeau to cancel a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) project that targets foreign caregivers in their employer’s homes. The CBSA’s “Project Guardian”, refers …
REALITY CHECK: Who’s driving the bus on the TransLink referendum?
For the second time this year, Premier Christy Clark is playing backseat driver on the Liberal government’s disjointed plan for a referendum on TransLink funding.