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Smithers Ski Club provided funding by the province

Twenty-two community community sports organizations in the North are receiving financial support from the Province as a part of the Local Sport Relief Fund.

Among the Recipients are the Smithers Ski Club and the Shames Mountain Ski Club in Terrace.

According to the province, the COVID-19 pandemic has put financial pressure on local sport organizations.

In a news release, the province also said in rural and remote communities residents have been impacted by limited physical activities during the pandemic.

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“Delivering these community benefits are local sport organizations that have been hit hard during this time. This funding provides much-needed financial relief to sustain these organizations during these challenging times and enable these valuable services to continue.” said Charlene Krepiakevich, CEO, viaSport.

The Local Sport Relief fund covers administration and operational costs for local sport organizations dealing with the impacts from COVID-19.

Eligible expenses include insurance, administrative costs, rent, storage costs and equipment essential to providing sport programs and COVID-19 related supplies.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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