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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 house”), also known as the Charlie Lake Cave, National Historic Site. Components include constructing ...

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 on a first come, first served basis. Funding for this program is made available through a direct allo...

Proposed budget arguing some of the cuts he's making are going to negatively affect african-american families and the communities. here are some of the examples that are being cited. let's start with the home energy assistance program. this is a program that helps low-income families heat their homes. under the president's proposed budget that would lose $2.5 billion. that's cutting that program in half and that would affect an estimated 3.5 million families in this country. moving now to community development, the president's proposed budget would cut community development programs by $300 mi...

Require democrats and republicans coming together to make it happen. >> reporter: as the president also said, if we're 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 funding for low-income people. that is to be cut in half by about $2.5 billion. also, community service ...