LLOYDMINSTER WOMEN'S GROUP RECEIVES INTERNET ACCESS AND TRAINING GRANT

Released on September 11, 1998

Violet Stanger, MLA for Lloydminster, on behalf of Judy Bradley,

minister responsible for the Status of Women, today presented a

Lloydminster women's organization with a grant to enable it to access

the Internet and train members to use the new communications

technologies.



The Lloydminster Interval Home Society will receive $7,000 from the

Women's Organizations On Line Program, an initiative of the

Saskatchewan Women's Secretariat.



"This program will strengthen the ability of community groups to deal

with pressing issues such as poverty, unemployment and family

violence," Stanger said.



"Through this funding our organization has the opportunity to interact

with groups around the province and around the world, to research

up-to-date information and to more efficiently meet the needs of our

clients and members," Doreen McCaw, director of the Lloydminster

Interval Home Society, said.



The majority of groups receiving funding provide support and services

to lower income women, First Nations or Metis women, rural or northern

women, visible minority and immigrant women and women who are victims

of violence.



Stanger noted that at a recent Internet symposium for

Saskatchewan women, keynote speaker and President of Meta

Strategies Inc. Liz Rykert stated that this program is in the

forefront in Canada and that Saskatchewan is leading the way for

other provinces and territories.



"We look forward to Saskatchewan women's organizations' strong

presence online locally, nationally and internationally," Stanger

said.



The Lloydminster Interval Home Society provides shelter for women

and children who are fleeing abuse or experiencing other life

crises.

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For more information, contact:



Jamie McCamus

Women's Secretariat

Regina

Phone: (306) 787-7424



Doreen McCaw

Lloydminster Interval Home Society

Lloydminster

Phone: (403) 808-5282