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A joint announcement by The Honourable Rob Fleming, Minister of Education, and The Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General:  Twelve B.C. school districts receive a total of $1.12 million in gang-prevention funds. Moneys...

Paul Luck thinks some adolescent boys are missing positive male role models in their lives. He’s the vice principal of Traflagar Middle School and has started a Boys Club Network chapter at the school to provide adult male mentorship to young boys. “The purpose is to turn young boys into good men,” he said.

There are a lot of difficult conversations going on in School District 8 in the wake of the #MeToo social media campaign, in which Nelsonites came forward online with stories of being groped, harassed, cat-called, raped and humiliated. But parents can feel assured they have an administration that takes this issue seriously, according to superintendent Christine Perkins.

Coming from as far afield as Abbotsford’s W.J. Mouat Secondary, the youths are members of the Boys Club Network, a mentorship program designed to engage at-risk boys before they drop out of school, join a gang, try drugs or otherwise are disenfranchised.

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Cactus Restaurants Ltd. and Domenica Fiore Olive Oils are excited to partner together helping to raise funds to support The Boys Club Network.