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Smithers receives funding to combat homelessness

The province has provided 48 communities across B.C. with funding so local programs can deliver more services to tackle homelessness.

According to a news release, more than $76 million is being invested in projects, such as outreach and mental health supports and expanding or creating new temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness.

Smithers is among one of the recipients to receive funding.

$186,464 has been provided for a Smithers Homeless Outreach and Capacity Building.

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Additionally, Terrace also received some funding for its Homeless Resilience Initiative.

The program is a party of the Safe Restart Agreement which is funded by the province and Canada.

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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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