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Photo gallery
Photos from events are sorted by date and are in
reverse chronological order.
23-OCT-2008
 | Official opening of Emerald House, a new eight-bed emergency
shelter owned and operated by the Canadian Mental Health
Association (CMHA)-Kamloops for homeless women and their children.
From Left to Right: Susan Guthrie-Dick, Canadian Mental Health
Association; June Phillips, Executive Assistant of MLA
Kevin Krueger; Linda Friesen, Executive Assistant of MLA Claude
Richmond; Tina Lange, City of Kamloops and Doug Sage, Canadian
Mental Health Association.
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03-OCT-2008
 | Official opening for Cardington Apartments, 30 units of
supportive housing under the Provincial Homelessness Initiative.
From Left to Right: James Munro, Director of Interior Region, BC
Housing; Steve Wilson, Board President of the John Howard Society
of the Central and South Okanagan; Mayor Sharon Shepherd,
Municipality of Kelowna; Al Horning, MLA of Kelowna-Lake
Country; Joanne Konnert, Chief Operating Officer, Okanagan Interior
Health Authority and Shelley Cook, Executive Director of the John
Howard Society of the Central and South Okanagan.
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08-JUL-2008
 | Official groundbreaking for Cowichan Valley Community Resource
Centre in Duncan, 15 emergency shelter beds and 24 units of
transitional housing for adults with mental health issues and those
at risk of homelessness under the Provincial Housing Initiative.
Photo from left to right: Lydia Hwitsum, Chief, Cowichan Tribes;
Alan Campbell, Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services,
Vancouver Island Health Authority; Al Sebring, Emcee, CFAX Radio;
Doug Routley, MLA - Cowichan-Ladysmith; The Honourable Rich
Coleman, Minister for Housing and Social Development; Christina
Martens, Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association;
Mayor Jon Lefebure, Municipality of North Cowichan.
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24-JUN-2008
 | Dignitaries cut the ribbon to officially open Our Place in
Victoria. Pictured (L-R) Sharon Peters, Our Place family member;
Mayor Alan Lowe, City of Victoria; Reverend Al Tysick, Executive
Director, Our Place Society; Hon. Rich Coleman, Minister of Housing
and Social Development; Lucia Su, CMHC-BC Region; Bob Nye, Our
Place Society; John Ronald, Chair, Our Place Society; Reverend Dave
Stewart, Our Place Society; Alan Campbell, VIHA; and Maurice de
Montigny, Our Place resident
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13-JUN-2008
 | Vancity Community Foundation Executive Director Derek Gent,
Correctional Service of Canada Director of Community Corrections
Brian Lang, Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy, Westcoast Genesis Society
(WGS) Executive Director Andrew Boyd, WGS board member
Brenda Constable, City of New Westminster Acting Mayor Bill Harper
and Real Estate Foundation of BC Governor Eileen Smith break ground
for the start of construction for Maria Keary Cottage in
New Westminster, which will provide 35 units of transitional and
supportive housing for homeless and homeless at risk men, when it
opens in the spring of 2009.
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18-APR-2008
 | Official Groundbreaking of The Salvation Army's Gateway of Hope
in Langley - From Left: MP for Langley Mark Warawa; Stan Mingo,
testimonial; Zachary, honourary mayor of the City
of Langley for the day; City of Langley Mayor Peter
Fassbender; Envoy Gary Johnson, Executive Director and Pastor of
The Salvation Army Langley South Corps; MLA for Langley Mary Polak;
Township of Langley Mayor Kurt Alberts; Thomas Skidmore , Chair,
The Salvation Army Greater Vancouver Advisory Board; Major Neil
Watt, Territorial Secretary for Business Administration, Canadian
Territory, The Salvation Army; and Major Bill Blackman, Divisional
Commander, British Columbia, The Salvation Army.
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14-APR-2008
 | Surrey is the latest municipality to sign a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Province to expedite city-owned sites
for supportive housing. Premier Gordon Campbell and Mayor Dianne
Watts made the announcement April 14. Premier Campbell at the
podium.
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14-MAR-2008
 | Official opening of 10 units of transitional housing with support
services for homeless people in recovery funded under PHI.
Read
the news release.
From left to right: Marsha Greig, John Howard Society of the South
and Central Okanagan; Joan Campbell, IHA; MLA Al Horning; Barry
Brown-John, Chair of The Real Estate Foundation Board of Governors;
and Ann Petrone, Board Member of the John Howard Society.
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14-FEB-2008
 | Premier Gordon Campbell announcing the purchasing of another six
Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels in Vancouver to
reduce homelessness and help protect affordable housing stock for
those most in need.
Read the news release
. From left to right: Premier Gordon Campbell; Minister Rich
Coleman; and City of Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan.
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