The funding will directly support selected Family Resource Centres throughout the province to address food insecurity and improve health outcomes among families they work with.
Government and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security has announced $1.8 million to implement an innovative program to improve food access for vulnerable families. This includes funding of $300,000 per year over the next three years to the initiative, which will be matched by the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security. The funding will directly support selected Family Resource Centres throughout the province to address food insecurity and improve health outcomes among families they work with. Eligible families will be provided with support to access nutritious food such as grocery store gift cards, store credit where gift card capacity does not exist, or gift cards to non-profit food programs. The program begins in January and will be delivered by 16 Family Resource Centre
Repairs to continue this week after large potholes slow traffic on the Tailrace bridge near Deer Lake Power
UPDATE: Sections of Trans Canada Highway cleared near Port Blandford after brief closure due to tractor trailer crash
Corner Brook city hall reaches out to MUN management amid concerns over future of Grenfell Campus
Driver pulled over near the Baie Verte Junction doing 50 km/hr more than the speed limit
Automated garbage collection and dual stream recycling starts in Corner Brook today
