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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 benefit program supporting vulnerable youth being cut from 24 to 22 this year Back to video The propos...

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 modelling choices, campaigners are welcoming the report as a milestone towards IEA reform. Through t...

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 Commerce's $29 million Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. At $750,000, it is the largest-possible single award, with amounts ranging...

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 first come in — I mean my gut reaction when I first walked in was there’s no way you could r...

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 meeting about the “Better Futures Program,” in which JBS USA will give employees and their dependents ...