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(Right) Charlie Lake Cave (Wikipedia) and (left) the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum sign( Facebook). CHARLIE LAKE, B.C. – Charlie Lake and Fort Nelson are two of eight communities receiving funding from Northern Development for projects through its new Community Development Programs. Funding of over $1.9 million was approved Monday for eight communities throughout Northern BC. The Tse’k’wa Heritage Society (THS) was approved for $300,000 to assist in developing the Tse’k’wa (“rock hous...

The max assistance that's being offered is $8,000 to businesses that meet all of the following requirements.

An online application system is now available, and qualifying businesses can get up to $8,000. To qualify, a small business must be operating under posted business hours in a retail store front location in the corporate city limits of Killeen, according to a news release from the city of Killeen. The business must have five or fewer employees including the owners, and one owner must be at least 18 years old and hold 51% or more ownership in the business. Funding is limited and will be granted o...

Proposed budget arguing some of the cuts hes making are going to negatively affect african-american families and the communities. here are some of the examples that are being cited. lets start with the home energy assistance program. this is a program that helps low-income families heat their homes. under the presidents proposed budget that would lose $2.5 billion. thats cutting that program in half and that would affect an estimated 3.5 million families in this country. moving now to community ...

Require democrats and republicans coming together to make it happen. >> reporter: as the president also said, if were going to walk the walk when it comes to fiscal discipline, cuts are necessary. while education is seeing an increase in funding, especially in the areas of k through 12 education in this budget proposal, things like pell grants and higher education programs are going to see cuts, cuts by about $10 billion next year and $100 billion over the next ten years, energy assistance fundi...

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