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Ontario announces $307M investment to take on human trafficking
March 6, 2021 | CBC News
The Kristen French Child Advocacy centre hosts Ontario Premier Doug Ford where he announced a five-year strategy to take on human trafficking.
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Detention centre, union partner to help Kristen French Centre
June 30, 2017 | Niagara This Week
Niagara Detention Centre employees, administrators, and volunteers weren’t about to let the grey, drizzly weather on June 30 put a damper on their fundraising barbecue next to the facility on Highway 58 — not when the cause they were gathered for is so important.
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BUILD 4 CHANGE RAISES $17,026
May 10, 2017 | Niagara This Week
The clouds seemed to part over the Pen Centre on April 30 just in time for the third annual Playhouse Build & Auction. And at the end of the day, more than $17,000 was raised for the Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre Niagara.
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NIAGARA HOME BUILDERS BUILDING FOR CHANGE
April 25, 2017 | Niagara This Week
Five local builders will be sharing their talents for local charity this weekend. For the third year, Niagara home builders will be competing to build the best playhouse during the Playhouse Build & Auction, set to take place on Sunday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pen Centre in St. Catharines.
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PECAN COLLABORATION LAUNCHES WEBSITE
April 3, 2017 | Niagara This Week
In an aim to provide a one-stop hub for information and resources, Partners to End Child Abuse Niagara (PECAN) has launched a new website. The collaborative, formed in November 2014, recently launched www.endchildabuseniagara.com. The site represents months of collaboration by members of the committee, comprised of 14 Niagara agencies which share a deep concern about the tragedy of child abuse.
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NHL ALUMNUS PATRICK O’SULLIVAN TO SPEAK AT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTRE GALA
August 28, 2016 | Niagara This Week
Former National Hockey League player Patrick O’Sullivan, whose memoir ‘Breaking Away’ chronicles what he describes as a physically and emotionally abusive childhood at the hands of his father, will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural fundraising gala for the Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre Niagara.
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NIAGARA POLITICIANS PRIMED FOR AMO
August 13, 2016 | Niagara Falls Review
Niagara politicians are heading to Windsor with a full list of issues they want addressed at this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference. The conference, which will include more than 1,700 participants, is scheduled to begin in the border city Sunday and conclude Wednesday.
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Youth Support Group at Kristen French CACN
July 7, 2016 | Niagara this Week
Young would-be thespians are getting the opportunity to be taught by some of industry professionals thanks to a collaboration offered through Canada’s newest theatre festival, The Foster Festival.
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Priceless in Niagara
July 6, 2016 | Niagara this Week
Those looking to start or add to their art collection can do so rather cheaply Thursday, July 14 – provided they have the time. NEXTNiagara, a Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce council, is holding its third annual Priceless Niagara art auction at Jackson-Triggs an “art auction for Yo-Pros” where you can bid on work with your time — volunteer hours to local not-for-profit organizations —instead of dollar amounts.
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