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
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…
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…
Due to the COVID-19 situation, all events at the Legion in Wolfville have been cancelled for the next while. We will reschedule once things have stabilized. Thank you for your interest and support! Bruce Chair, Gambling Risk Informed Nova Scotia Society VLT’s Removed from Wolfville Legion Award for Creating Safer Communities to…
Note: This new software is still in Beta versions, not yet in final release. BetBlocker is a free tool to help you control your gambling. Install it on as many devices as you like and you can block yourself from accessing over 4300 gambling websites. You can select how long you want to be blocked…
After a five year wait due to COVID and renovations to the Legion building, we finally presetned the Wofville Legion with the Safer Communities Award for removing VLTs from their building and creating a vibrant community space whcih now has 10 times the number of members, and creates opportunities for local organizations and citizens to…
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