Article in the Advertiser, May 7. – Gambling Risk Informed Nova Scotia

“Knowing our Communities” presentation

ByGRINS Web May 9, 2013June 12, 2018

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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Call for a National Strategy to Address Gambling-Related Harms in Wake of Sports Betting Boom

ByBruce Dienes July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Recent gambling policy changes in Canada have led to increased opportunities to legally bet on sports and gamble online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Released today, Gambling Availability and Advertising in Canada: A Call to Action looks at the impacts of legal gambling in Canada since the approval of the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting…

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KCAGoG Receives 2013 WIF Grant

ByGRINS Web April 2, 2013June 12, 2018

On April 3rd KCAGoG received a Wellness Intitiative Fund (WIF) grant from Eastern Kings, Western Kings and Kingston/Greenwood Community Health Boards. Reducing Dependency on VLT Revenues In our previous WIF grant (2012) we focused on beginning a campaign to raise awareness of the presence of VLTs in our county. Rather than taking a negative approach,…

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Radio interview on AVR 97.7, Apr 15th. Audio File.

ByGRINS Web April 9, 2013June 12, 2018

Update: Here is the AVR 97.7 “The Valley at Noon”. Dave Fineberg interviews two of our board members about the work of KCAGoG! Good brief descriptions of two of the projects we are working on. Aired at noon on Monday the 15th of April, 2013. Use the player below (click on the arrow) to hear…

Gambling harms affect us all (Infographic)

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GRINS gets GANS Community Grant

ByBruce Dienes September 25, 2020September 25, 2020

We are pleased to announce that we have received a grant from Gambling Awareness Nova Scotia (GANS) to continue our development of a creative and fun interactive workshop that engages participants in simulating the impacts of VLTs on a community. This helps people see beyond the individual harms to the ripple effects that impact those…

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KCAGoG (GRINS) receives GANS grant

ByGRINS Web March 27, 2014August 5, 2018

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…

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