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SOLID challenges personal and systemic injustice by promoting practical harm reduction strategies in our communities and individual lives.We believe that housing, access to social supports, a liveable income and appropriate health care- including access to injection and smoking equipment- is a right.

Choa Is A Non-Profit Association That Promotes The Understanding Of Strata Property Living And The Interests Of Strata Property Owners By Providing Advisory Services, Education, Advocacy, Publications And Resources And Support For Its Members. We Actively Assist Our Members, And The Strata Industry, To Ensure Strata Living Is A Positive Experience.

Welcome to West Heights Community School!West Heights Community School is located on the west side of Mission with a population of approximately 245. Our staff is committed to supporting our students. Differentiation of instruction, Buddy Reading program and collaboration between classes are only a few curriculum examples. Extracurricular activities that are offered include Running Club, Chess Club, Me to We, Floor Hockey, Basketball and Volleyball. Students also volunteer, with staff support, on the compost and recycling crews, as office monitors, and equipment sign out. All of this support contibutes to reaching our goals in the School Growth Plan.At West Heights, we are a welcoming community that is a central hub in the neighbourhood. The Ministry of Education program, Strong Start, is offered in our school for parents/caregivers with children aged 0 to 6 and we also offer after school care with the W.H.A.R.P. (West Heights After School Recreation Program). Our students are also able to participate in community programs offered after school such as community floor hockey, choir and music lessons (SPARKS) and Homework Club.

The standard for easing the burden of prostate cancer by providing unbiased and understandable medical information and support on prostate cancer and prostate health issues. The centre emphasizes the importance of early detection and is dedicated to prevention and research of prostate cancer. Currently, 1 in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, the leading type of cancer in men. In 2009, approximately 25,500 Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (1,600 more than last year), and about 4,400 will die from it (100 more than last year). It is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in men (27 per cent of all cancer cases), and the third leading cause of cancer death (11 per cent of all cancer deaths). It is estimated that 694 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer on Vancouver Island, with 120 men dying from the disease.

Fairfield Stories Community Mural ProjectDraw, Paint & Create About Home The public is invited to join hands to create collective ideas about Home and Belonging. What makes a neighbourhood the unique place it is? Through, drawing, painting, printmaking and poetry, an artist-led mural made by community will be installed in the Fairfield Gonzales Community neighbourhood in 2015.