Child Development Centre Society of Fort St. John and District    Position: Speech-Language Pathologist   Summary of Duties: See attached job description   Required Qualifications: See attached job description   Classification/Salary: According to HSA Paramedical Agreement-Grid 12   Hours of Work: Part-Time .5FTE   Closing Date: Open Until Filled   Applicants must submit a letter of interest and resume to  Tana Millner, Executive Director 10407 106 Ave Fort St. John, BC V1J 2M8 Email:tana.millner@cdcfsj.ca Fax: (250) 785-3202   cc:Susan Cross (HSA Steward)

Child Development Centre      Fort St. John

Internal/External Job Posting July 2, 2020 Job Posting   Position: Rehabilitation Assistant, Term Position              Maternity Leave August 17,2020-Sept 4, 2021   Summary Duties: See attached Job Description   Required Qualifications: See attached Job Description   Classification/Salary: $23.69-25.67 as per community Sub Sector   Hours of Work: 37.5 hrs per week Monday-Friday   Closing Date: July 24 2020   Applicants must submit a letter of interest By closing date inicated above to: Tana Millner, Executive Director   10417-106 Avenue Fort St. John, BC V1J 2M8 Phone 250-785-3200 Fax 250-785-3202 Email: tana.millner@cdcfsj.ca   CC: Susan Cross (HSA Steward)        

Child Development Centre      Fort St. John

This dog was found near 82nd St and 97th Ave. Please call the SPCA if you know where the dog belongs or if you are the owner (leave your contact info twice). They will call you to arrange for pick up. Please have your ID with you. 250-785-7722

Bc Spca - North Peace Branch      Fort St. John

Here is an updated list of meetings in the Fort St John Area. Monday 7pm The Current 10044 100th st Tuesday 8pm Charlie Lake Community Church  Wednesday 8pm Salvation Army 10116-100th ave Thursday 8pm Salvation Army 10116-100th ave Friday 8pm TJ's Country Kitchen 10688 Alder Sunday 8pm Salvation Army 10116-100th ave we look forward to seeing you there!

Fort St. John Aa Intergroup      Fort St. John

MEDIA RELEASE: Sanctuary Health and community partners call in British Columbia to waive the three-month wait and provide health coverage for uninsured people    Vancouver ---  This afternoon, the Ontario government announced that they are waiving the three-month waiting period for Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) coverage and will cover the cost of COVID-19 services for uninsured people who do not meet the criteria for OHIP coverage. In wake of the ever-progressing pandemic, Sanctuary Health and community partners in British Columbia are calling on their government to do the same.   Before today’s announcement, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec were the only provinces that enforced a three month wait period for people arriving or returning from outside of Canada. This practice has been a longstanding concern of Sanctuary Health as it disproportionately affects vulnerable communities.   Yesterday, BC’s Medical Services Commission announced that they will waive the Coverage Wait Period for those who are returning from impacted areas and intend to stay in BC and for those that were outside of the province for longer than the allowable period to maintain MSP Coverage. This leaves important members of our community wondering if they’ve been forgotten, including:   Canadian babies born to parents without MSP coverage   Migrant workers who arrived just before the borders closed or potentially who may start arriving in groups soon   Newly arrived permanent residents in British Columbia   People who have lived in British Columbia for many years and have finally obtained permanent residence.   “We are hoping that BC will make a clear statement as Ontario has today. It would be unconscionable that in a public health crisis, valuable members of our community will be left without health coverage,” says Omar Chu of Sanctuary Health. “The three-month wait never made sense, and we are seeing the consequences of it now.”   The waiting period places individuals in a limbo period, forcing them to delay seeking care until coverage is received, placing them and the broader community at risk. Sanctuary Health recently presented the Medical Services Commission a package advocating for the removal of the waiting period for all new and returning BC residents coming from outside of Canada, and for ensuring access to care upon arrival. The package had support letters from over 25 organizations including health care providers, unions representing health care workers, human rights organizations, and migrant groups.   Sanctuary Health’s call to remove the waiting period is a part of our broader push for access without fear – regardless of immigration status – to free, universal, and expanded healthcare. This call includes people who are undocumented, navigating the bureaucratic immigration system, international students, and people with implied status. In July 2017, the government began denying MSP coverage to people with implied status: people who applied for new work or study permits before the expiry of their previous work or study permits and are legally entitled to live and work or study in Canada.   “The current pandemic has broadly revealed what we have been arguing since we started,” Chu says.   “Health care is a human right and a just society ensures that we all have it.”   Sanctuary Health is a grassroots community group that deploys a wide range of strategies to advocate for access to services for all regardless of immigration status or documentation. Read the full Three Month Wait package at http://www.sanctuarycityvan.com/three-month-wait/   Contacts: Omar Chu, 778-883-6627 -=-=- British Columbia Health Coalition · 3102 Main St, 302, Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, BC V5T 3G7, Canada

General News     Fort St. John