United for All partners are disheartened to see anti-2SLGBTQIA+ rhetoric guiding the “1 Million March 4 Children” event on Parliament Hill this morning.

Leadership and good mental health practices blossom at youth centres like Osgoode Youth Association, a United Way partner offering important after-school programming and mental health counselling for rural youth.

Edit Column Lake 88.1’s In Focus host Bob Perreault spoke with United Way East Ontario’s Regional Director, Elle Halladay, and Ramsay Hart, Executive Director of The Table Community Food Centre on how the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund has helped adapt programs and services coming out of the pandemic.

Peter Schmolka has been a loyal United Way donor for 40 years. As a Government of Canada retiree, we spoke to Peter about his charitable history and how he’s planning his giving future.