Thanks to Dan Schell for writing such a great piece.

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Community Trust Donation
by Ken MacPherson

Rev. Rita Marie Browning (left) donated $300 to North Hastings Community Trust, on behalf of the Bancroft Spiritual Centre. Accepting the cheque is Lindsay Jolly (NHCT Program Coordinator). The Trust provides emergency financial assistance and community referrals to low-income families, individuals and children.


THANKS so much to the Bancroft Spiritual Centre for their generous donation in support of this non-profit agency, we anticipate meeting to dis...
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Nonprofits Need the Mandatory Long-Form Census by Jane Hilderman

Many of the most immediate and vocal opposition to the recent decision made by the federal government to eliminate the mandatory long-form questionnaire in the Canadian census has come from the business community, which uses this data to forecast labour and marketing trends, for example.

However, the loss of the reliable and in-depth data that the long-form (in its mandatory form) provides will also significantly hurt the ...

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