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• Pandemic support lowered B.C.’s child poverty rate but inflation causing new woes: report

  Child poverty decreased in British Columbia in 2020 due to provincial and federal government benefits provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an advocacy group says.

  Politics

  Feb 14, 2023
  
• ‘First Call’ beer supports Alberta first responders

  After being "blown away" by the success of their launch last year, Alberta breweries are banding together again in 2022 for a special beer in support of first responders.

  Consumer

  May 5, 2022
  
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• Annual report says 1 in 6 Central Okanagan children lives in poverty

  A B.C. child and youth advocacy coalition released its annual report this month, which looked at child poverty rates throughout the province.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2020
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• Report finds 20% of B.C. kids live in poverty

  An advocacy group for children and youth in British Columbia says one in every five children in the province lives in poverty.

  Nov 24, 2016