By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette New grants worth $15 million to help address family violence have arrived on the scene because of wise counsel from rural Alberta, the minister of children and family services says. Emergency family violence shelters in small-town Alberta “created the impetus” for the three new funding streams, Searle Turton told The Macleod Gazette. “They were looking for more innovative grant streams, ones with flexible options to meet their specific geographic concerns,” he said. Turton’s comments came a day after a Sept. 2 announcement of staggered closing dates for applications under grants the province teased in July. First up is a $4-million envelope called the Facility Grant Pilot Program, with money available for upgrades and maintenance of eligible women’s shelters for roofing,…
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