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Photo gallery
Photos from events are sorted by date and are in
reverse chronological order.
06-APR-2009
 | Official Nanaimo MOU infrastructure funding announcement of $14.95
million for two new supportive housing developments. A 10th Street
site will be managed by the Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship
Centre and BC Housing is in the process of finding a non-profit
operator for a Wesley Road site. The 50 additional units will
address the unique needs of homeless people in Nanaimo and help
them gain skills to build a good life for themselves. From Left to
Right: Minister Rich Coleman; Grace Elliott, Tillicum Lelum
Aboriginal Friendship Centre; and John Ruttan, Mayor
of City of Nanaimo.
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06-APR-2009
 | Official Campbell River MOU infrastructure funding announcement of
$7.3 million for 24 units of supportive housing for adults with
developmental disabilities to be managed by the Campbell River and
District Association for Community Living. Minister Rich Coleman,
who officiated, also announced $14 million in provincial funding
for renovations at four elementary schools in Campbell River and
three HEF grants that will increase supportive housing in the
region. From Left to Right: Minister Rich Coleman; Greg Hill,
Campbell River and District Association for Community Living; and
Mayor Charlie Cornfield, City of Campbell River.
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03-APR-2009
 | Official MOU Abbotsford infrastructure funding announcement of $11
million to develop a 40-unit supportive housing complex for women
and children. The Women's Resource Society of the Fraser Valley was
announced as the non-profit operator of the Clearbrook Road site.
From Left to Right: Minister Rich Coleman; Minister Michael de
Jong; Pam Willis, Women's Resource Society of the Fraser Valley;
Abbotsford mayor George W. Peary.
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03-APR-2009
 | A celebration of construction for Maxxine Wright Centre and an
MOU infrastructure funding announcement of $32.9 million
for two new supportive housing developments. The two sites will be
managed by YWCA Vancouver and Phoenix Drug and Alcohol Recovery and
Education Society. From Left to Right: Dianne Watts,
Mayor of Surrey and Minister Rich Coleman.
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03-APR-2009
 | Official MOU Maple Ridge infrastructure funding
announcement of $9.2 million for a new 46-unit supportive housing
development. The site will be managed by the Alouette Home Start
Society. From Left to Right: MLA Randy Hawes; Minister Rich
Coleman; Maple Ridge mayor Ernie Daykin.
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19-MAR-2009
 | Official groundbreaking for two new supportive housing
developments. The first site, at 525 Ellice St., officially broke
ground today and is estimated to have a total capital cost of $16.1
million. It will provide 83 shelter beds, 20 extreme weather
response beds, 23 transitional housing units and two emergency
family shelter units and will integrate support services with
housing to help people move beyond temporary shelter to more secure
housing, greater self-reliance and appropriate employment. The
building has been designed to allow the future conversion of
shelter rooms into more permanent housing. From Left to Right:
Kathy Stinson, Executive Director for Victoria Cool Aid Society;
Mayor Dean Fortin, City of Victoria; The Honourable Ida
Chong, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic
Development and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific
Initiative; The Honourable Rich Coleman, Minister of Housing and
Development; and Don McTavish.
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18-MAR-2009
 | Official opening of Georgian Court, 48 units of supportive housing,
funded under PHI with the John Howard Society of the Thompson
Region. From Left to Right: MLA Claude Richmond; and Peter
Allik-Petersenn, John Howard Society Thompson Region.
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17-MAR-2009
 | Premier Gordon Campbell launched close to $800 million in public
infrastructure projects for housing, education and public safety
across B.C., including construction of six new housing developments
in Vancouver, which will create 569 units for people facing
homelessness. From left to right: Honourable Rich Coleman, Minister
of Housing and Social Development; Gordon Campbell, Premier of
British Columbia; Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of Finance and
Minister Responsible for the Olympics and MLA for
Vancouver-Quilchena.
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20-FEB-2009
 | Official groundbreaking for Iris House, a 10-bed duplex for people
with mental illness or concurrent disorders, funded under PHI with
New View Society. From Left to Right: Dan Kipper, Fraser Health;
Kay Swalwell, New View Society; Mayor Greg Moore, City of Port
Coquitlam; Minister Iain Black; Gisela Theurer, New View Society;
Kim Materi, Iris House resident; Ted Kuntz, New View Society.
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04-FEB-2009
 | Official opening of the Rainier Hotel, 41 units of supportive
housing, under PHI, including 21 units operated by PHS Community
Services Society and 20 units operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.
From Left to Right: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson; Delana Bowen;
Minister Rich Coleman; and Heather Hay, Vancouver Coastal Health.
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30-JAN-2009
 | Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province has invested
$34 million to purchase or lease 15 new properties to create and
protect social housing.
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07-JAN-2009
 | The official opening of Portland Housing Society’s
Pennsylvania Hotel, 44 units of housing for low-income singles with
integrated support services, funded under PHI. Minister Rich
Coleman speaks at the opening of the Pennsylvania Hotel. Vancouver
Mayor Gregor Robertson is in the background.
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20-NOV-2008
 | Official opening for Cwenengitel
Aboriginal Housing Society's new 12-bed recovery house. From Left
to Right: Tom Oleman, Elder; Mayor Dianne Watts,
Municipality of Surrey; Willie Pierre, Elder Katzee; Ann
Howard, Director, AHMA Capacity Building, BC Housing and Waly
LaVigne, Executive Director of Cwenengitel Aboriginal Housing
Society.
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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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