Newcomers and the Job Market
Starting a new life in Canada is both exciting and daunting. For many newcomers, finding a job is one of the biggest and most immediate priorities
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Starting a new life in Canada is both exciting and daunting. For many newcomers, finding a job is one of the biggest and most immediate priorities
On the drive back from events, one of our volunteers started a tradition where we take turns sharing about the amazing people we met that day
This little bicycle community does not just offer support, we have developed an enviable and enjoyable synergy that really makes it a pleasure to do business together.
The repercussions of food insecurity are profound. For many, school nutrition programs become a vital source of sustenance, sometimes serving as their primary or sole meal of the day.
“Every student, regardless of where they learn, deserves the same opportunity to access nutritious food.”
Sites at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre last year yielded onions, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and beets and peaches, plums, nectarines and apples.
Many people use the word “homeless” to describe those living on the streets, however, this word is “not only limiting but also invokes stereotypes,” said Fieguth.
Queenston Street is considered a food desert, an area of a city that lacks access to plentiful, nutritious and affordable food at grocery stores, limiting people with accessibility issues or on fixed incomes.
Bike Me Up Niagara, under the umbrella of Start Me Up Niagara (SMUN), next month is launching a pilot project to serve the wider community with maintenance, repairs and upgrades on the average bicycle not serviced by higher-end bicycle shops.
Source: Posted in the St. Catharines Standard on Jan. 3rd 2025 by Matt Barker. Start Me Up Niagara will host the fundraising walk in downtown St. Catharines in late February.