Speak to your local legislators to let them know the harms that this will bring. Read the full story on CBC web site: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/online-gambling-why-provinces-are-eager-to-jump-in-1.3001852 Walk into nearly any corner store in the country and the sight of a lottery terminal doesn’t cause so much as a ripple, but that wasn’t always so. Before Parliament changed…
Here are a couple of recent articles from the Kentville Advertiser. Note that they incorrectly describe our Chair, Bruce Dienes as a sociologist. Bruce’s Ph.D. is in Psychology. http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/Local/2014-08-28/article-3849945/Kings-Community-Action-Group-questioning-province%26rsquo%3Bs-gambling-strategy/1 Brief Excerpt follows. Click on the link above for the full article. Members of a Valley activist group are concerned about the province’s decision last week…
For immediate release. August 22, 2014 The Kings Community Action Group on Gambling (KCAGoG) would like to address our concerns with the province’s decision to abandon the My Play System for VLT gambling. This is a lost opportunity to reduce gambling harms to Nova Scotian citizens. The problems highlighted about the system were due to…
Annapolis Valley, NS – The Kings Community Action Group on Gambling (KCAGoG) will host A Celebration of Our Work on Friday, June 20. Starting at 2 pm at Just Us Roastery in Grand Pre, KCAGoG will also hold their annual general meeting following the celebration. “Gambling harms impact the entire community – about $4 million…
On June 20, 2014 from 2-3:30 pm at Just Us Coffee Roastery in Hortonville (Exit 10 of the 101), Kings Community Action Group on Gambling (KCAGoG) will be hosting a celebration of our work followed by an AGM. Refreshments will be provided by Just Us!. Click for directions: https://goo.gl/maps/atCNd When Kings Community Action Group on…
Kings Community Action Group on Gambling’s proposal, “Building Community Readiness to Reduce Gambling Harm”, has been accepted for funding under the Special One Year Community Grant Funding from Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia. This project has been developed to engage three towns and two villages in Kings County in a process that will increase their capacity…
As community cultures shift, businesses need to be able to change, to grow and adapt. Is your business strongest in one season, and losing money in the others? Do you need to add value to your product to compete with imports? Is one of your products or services declining in popularity and you need to…
This project engages youth in looking at gambling issues. Bruce Dienes, of KCAGoG is interviewed for background info. The community of the Cobequid region of Nova Scotia set out to discover what their youth thought about gambling, how it impacted them, what effect advertising and marketing had in their lives, and how we can improve…
Heather and Bruce presented to the “Knowing our Communities” conference on Wednesday, speaking on impact of gambling industry advertising. The conference was sponsored by Injury Free Nova Scotia. The PowerPoint is available here: KCAGoG-Presentation-Knowing-our-Communities-2
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