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Article content The maximum age to qualify for the Support and Financial Assistance Agreements (SFAA) program is dropping from 24 to 22 and will impact about 450 people who will now age out of the program. More than 2,100 vulnerable young Albertans over 18 who were in government care currently receive benefits in the form of financial help for rent, groceries and health benefits. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Age eligibility for provincial ben...

IEA’s first 1.5°C-aligned scenario bolsters call for no new fossil fuel extraction IEA must now make it central to its flagship WEO and fix remaining model flaws Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report, “Net Zero in 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system,” that represents the agency’s first ever effort to model a comprehensive energy pathway towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C). While concerns remain over some of the IEA’s ...

UCLA Health wins $750,000 grant to scale COVID-19 innovations and support health equity UCLA Health has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to scale healthcare innovations for COVID-19 response and recovery and to support health equity through BioFutures, a new LA County workforce development program for diversity in the biosciences. The grant is part of the U.S. Department of Commerces $29 million Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Techno...

Tucked on the tiny one-lane 13th Street in the Diamond Hill neighborhood is the very vertical brick house of Joshua and Maria Rolf. Called a Virginia I house, the circa-1848 home is simply a central hall and staircase with one room off each side — nothing more. The floor plan carries in the basement, first and second floor and even the finished attic. Windows line three sides of each room, reflecting its narrow, vertical nature. “It’s big when you walk through it, but when you fi...

tbabcock@timesrepublican.com T-R PHOTO BY TREVOR BABCOCK — Marshalltown JBS General Manager Todd Carl presents information about the “Better Futures” program to the Marshalltown Community School District Board. Marshalltown’s biggest employer is providing free college and trade school opportunities for their employees, including dependents of employees. Members of Marshalltown Community School Board heard from JBS Marshalltown General Manager Todd Carl at Monday night’s board meetin...

Remodeling on the Rise in 2021 The strength of the current housing market—combined with continued working and schooling from home for many—is sparking an increase in home improvements and repairs. Whether you’re planning to sell...

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Grae Morris - 2020 Sail Sydney (10-13 December 2020) © Beau Outteridge Australian Sailing has taken a step towards securing the next generation of sailing champions with the launch of the Performance Pathway Futures Program. The purpose of this new nationally-led program is to identify and develop high potential sailors, currently transitioning between Pathways and Olympic classes, aiming to earn their place within the Australian Sailing Squad. Australian Sailing is seeking the bes...

The International Energy Agency on January 11 announced that it will produce the world’s first comprehensive roadmap for the energy sector to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 as it further strengthens its leadership role in global clean energy transitions and put global emissions on a path compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The new roadmap, which will be released on 18 May and build momentum ahead of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, under the presidency of the United K...

Howe says this is the first year that R. D. Parker has formalized the teen mom program, but he says the school has been very involved with teen mothers for a long time now, making it a leader in all of Manitoba for its work with that particular set of students. Prior to starting the program, Howe says that the committee that set it up researched other teen parent programs and tweaked them to make a program all their own, partnering with the Futures Program in Thompson. "Our primary goal is to w...