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Children’s Aid Foundation offers $1,000 grants for youth who have aged out of care during COVID-19
From the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada--Young people who have “aged out” of Canada’s child welfare systems, you are on our minds and in our hearts during this difficult time. The challenges and uncertainty during...
Manitoba restricts operation of non-critical businessess April 1 to slow spread of COVID-19
The Manitoba government is issuing a new public health order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of all Manitobans, Premier Brian Pallister announced today. “These decisions are not easy...
Manitoba suspends classroom learning for K-12 students for the school year
At the advice of the chief provincial public health officer, Manitoba is suspending classroom learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 students indefinitely for this school year to help ‘flatten the curve’ and reduce the...
Manitoba declares state of emergency
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is declaring a provincewide state of emergency under The Emergency Measures Act to protect the health and safety of all Manitobans and reduce the spread of...
All General Authority training sessions cancelled due to COVID-19
On behalf of the CEO of the General Child and Family Services Authority, Jay Rodgers, I am writing to let you know that all training sessions offered by the General Child and Family Services Authority are cancelled...
Manitoba government takes additional measures to reduce COVID-19 impact
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is taking additional proactive measures to help reduce the impact of COVID-19. This includes: • suspending services at licensed child-care centres, effective...
Recommendations encourage Manitobans to follow ‘social distancing’ measures
Compiled from Manitoba Government Press Releases-- The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve rapidly worldwide, with more countries reporting cases and an overall increase in case numbers. Public health...
Stop Child Sexual Exploitation Week proclaimed
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is investing more than $100,000 with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) to help protect children and youth from the dangers of online sexual...
Each for Equal is the International Women’s Day theme
March 8 is International Women's Day. How will you celebrate the women in your lives? This year's theme is #EachforEqual. From the International Women's Day website--An equal world is an enabled world. Individually,...
Violence similarly prevalent in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships: study
From The Globe and Mail--Intimate partner violence is similarly prevalent in same-sex relationships as in heterosexual ones, a new study from the University of Guelph has found. The research, which was published in the...