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Promises2Kids, a foster-child advocacy and child abuse prevention organization started by two La Jollans, has come a long way in the past four decades. As the organization celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, founders Renee Comeau and Norma Hirsh spoke with the
La Jolla Light to reflect on Promises2Kids’ past and future.
After her daughter was born, Hirsh started volunteering at the Hillcrest Receiving Home emergency shelter for children. Having seen and heard of horrific examples of child mistreatment, she knew she needed to act.
Comeau said she had a tragic childhood she lost three brothers and wanted to do whatever she could to help children in challenging circumstances.
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 10
Procurement is the way the territory contracts goods and services, including construction. (John Last/CBC)
Widespread changes to the N.W.T. s procurement policies are needed to make things more equitable for northern and Indigenous-led businesses, according to members of the territory s business community.
The territory, through a third-party review panel, will be reviewing all its procurement policies for the first time in a decade to identify what works, what doesn t and gather some innovative ideas on how to fix them. The review is also one way the territory is also looking to speed up economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on.