Financial assistance expanded for flood-affected communities 📣💰

Hi <<First Name>>,

Thank you for your continued support of the B.C.Immunization plan. By now, you may have already heard that pediatric vaccines are available to kids aged 5 to 11 in our region and continue to offer immunizations to everyone as they are eligible

As per previous phases, clinic locations and special community clinics are posted at https://www.fraserhealth.ca/vax and correspond with booking options on the provincial Get Vaccinated system. Clinics include an age designation (all ages, 12 years of age and older, family clinic) to ensure pediatric vaccines are available when booking. Appointments are required for these clinics; we ask everyone to register on the provincial system and to wait for their invitation to book.

We appreciate your continued assistance to help spread the word on vaccine eligibility. Please see some new resources that are now available should they be of interest. We will continue to share additional resources as they are available.

Financial assistance expanded for people affected by flooding

We’ve expanded the eligibility for the Disaster Financial Assistance for people affected by flooding and landslides from Nov. 14 to Dec. 2, 2021. The program is available to homeowners, tenants, farmers, small business owners, and charitable organizations

If members have questions they are welcome to contact the Disaster Financial Assistance hotline in the release below or contact Andrew Douglas in PSSG.

British Columbians can access the DFA application online: http://www.gov.bc.ca/disasterfinancialassistance

Accessibility grants awarded to promote inclusion

Everyone deserves to be able to fully participate in their community but for too long people with disabilities have faced barriers to engagement. We’re happy to announce that 15 community-based projects have received over $450,000 in grants to help increase accessibility and community inclusion for British Columbians with disabilities.

We’re committed to building more accessible and inclusive communities and empowering people with disabilities to have a direct role in identifying the barriers that prevent them from participating fully in their communities.

Economy expected to show continued strength, flood recovery poses challenges

B.C.’s economic growth is expected to outpace Canada’s in 2021 and 2022.

“There are more challenges ahead, but forecasts signal the work we have done so far has put us on the right track and provided us with a solid foundation to continue responding to the pandemic and recent flooding and support a strong recovery for British Columbians,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Finance.

I'm here for you

As always, if you have any questions or concerns about any provincial issue, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are here to help you.

Please be advised of our Constituency Office's Holiday Closures on the following dates:

Thursday, December 16th

Thursday, December 23rd to Monday, January 3rd

My office can be reached at (604) 775-0565 or Anne.Kang.MLA@leg.bc.ca.

Sincerely,

Anne Kang, MLA
Burnaby-Deer Lake

The Tri-Cities Seniors’ Action Society and the Tri-Cities Community Response Network are inviting you to a FREE, fun, Zoom online Christmas event on December 16th.

Let’s connect and get together to enjoy the Christmas season. We’ll have time for sharing your memories and stories of past Christmases, time for Christmas trivia and music, lots of Christmas cheer and many laughs and goodwill to share. And there will be gift baskets & prizes. Bring your favourite beverage and enjoy the company and stories of fellow seniors, and family and seniors' caregivers. Please share this link with your friends and neighbours. Please join us for fun and merriment of the season!

When? Thursday, December 16^th, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Where? Here is the Zoom link to register on Eventbrite:

https://bit.ly/3oiefBz

What is the CODE word on the Registration Form? Christmas

What else? Did I mention prizes? Join us & have lots of fun!

From now until February 28, 2022, your Legislative Assembly is accepting page poetry and spoken word submissions from K-12 students in BC!

Please share and encourage your brilliant kids to apply. I look forward to all the submissions!

For more information, please visit https://democracyandme.ca/

COVID-19 updates from the BC Centre for Disease Control

Total vaccine doses administered in B.C. are 8,859,240.

There are currently 2,915 active cases in British Columbia as of December 10, 2021. A total of 216,185 people who tested positive have recovered.

As of today, there have been more than 4,753,688 completed tests. Our province has adjusted testing to 901,465 people per 1,000,000.

For more information, please visit BCCDC's website

COVID Resources

For medical info, visit covid-19.bccdc.ca or call 811
For vaccination info, visit gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated
For financial supports for people and businesses, visit this page .
For PHO orders and guidance, visit this page.
For seniors looking for additional support, or for those looking to support seniors, call 211 or visit bc211.ca
For virtual mental health resources, click here.  

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