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Digital literacy program coming to seniors in Telkwa

The Federal Government has provided funding to the Village of Telkwa to support seniors within the community.

This funding will go towards purchasing and installing computers at specific locations within the Village, which will be accessible to seniors.

According to a news release, the funding will go towards virtual training workshops through Connected Canadians, which will empower seniors’ digital knowledge on topics like, how to use Zoom, recognizing email phishing scams and safe digital communication.

Monthly virtual training workshops are scheduled to take place for the last Thursday of every month starting tomorrow (Thursday).

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The workshop will focus on accessing government services online which can be accessed through a personal computer or a program computer at the Village Office.

These programs were made through funding from the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

The workshops will be available until March 2023.

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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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