Group participants in a unique program offered at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House are facing locked doors, this coming September. The BC Liberals plan to cut the funding to the program that allows young adults with challenges to socialize, and get together. For most of them the program is a home away from home, and the group, more like members of an extended family.
Often kids who are labled autistic, get other labels attached to them as well.
Robert Gagno’s parents were told that their son probably wouldn’t be able do things,, like talk, read, or write.
What the so called specialists never really focussed on,,,,,, were all the things Robert might be able to accomplish.
And Robert has become a shining example of what is possible, with hard work, determination and a loving family.
More than a third of Canadian parents say they’re not concerned their child will suffer an injury while bicycling.
But analysts say head injuries are the leading cause of serious injury and death to children on wheels!
Doctor Shelina Babul-Weller, Injury Prevention Specialist, and her seven-year-old daughter Alyssa, talk about why even a short ride down the street is a dangerous activity if you don’t wear a helmet.
So called ‘LG parties’ or little girl parties.
LGH(Little girl hunters) or LGS(Little Girl slayers), these are clubs of boys to see how many girls they can seduce before graduation, some are betting on it, silence of all boys is a form of participating, girls are seduced primarily online.
Boys are usually around 17, girls are 12 or 13, says the girls don’t have the skills to back out of. These boys are committing a crime. Anita Roberts author of Safe Teen has been seeing the disturbing trend gain popularity recently and says parents need to have some very frank discussions with their kids.
Mid April into May is usually the season for 69-year old local fisherman Terry Slack, to dip his net into the Fraser, to catch oolichan.
Also known as eulachon or candlefish, it’s a type of smelt that was once regarded as the “saviour” or “salvation” fish.
Terry could remember as a young boy pulling out oolichan’s by the bucket full. Now, Slack says the run could be over for good.
Courage comes in all shapes and sizes, and in Maple Ridge, it comes in the form of Logan Johnson Lay.
The 12-year-old, re-defining what it means to be a fighter, and is proving to be a pint sized inspiration to others, battling cancer.
Logan, is this years face of the BC Children’s Hospital,,, Childrun, which celebrates 25 years, of supporting kids and their families on June 6th, 2010.
For more information and to sponsor Logan or some one else.
you can check out the website: www.childrun.com
It’s difficult to fathom 28-year-old Ralph “Junior” Moar spent 4-years in jail, let alone 27 months in solitary confinement.
While the past is forever etched in his memory, he remains soft-spoken and smiles easily despite what he has been through.
Now because of the mistakes and bad choices he made in his 20’s, Junior has a new perspective that is helping shape his future and the lives of at risk First Nation’s youth.
When somebody is told they have a terminal illness and there is nothing else that can be done, outrage, sadness, and depression are often some of the emotions the individual and their family go through as they process the news.
And while some decide to fight on ,there is a growing trend to facing it, with a different approach and that is where local hospices and their volunteers come in.
83 year old Erica Abelson, knows she doesn’t have a lot of time left, so she has chosen to spend it, doing everything she can to help the Chilliwack Hospice continue it’s work supporting others in facing end of life issues, and the grieving of those left behind.
It is becoming a rite of passage for new parents. Standing or camping out in ever increasing long lines to register their kids for daycare and even kindergarten.
Is there a better way? And what about parents who can’t get their kids into a school that is just down the road?