April 20, 2024

CLBC official pleased Turpel-Lafond will be able to help young adults

Officials with Community Living BC are pleased the province's children's watchdog is getting more power. Legislation introduced last week would allow Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to assist young adults until they reach age 24. Right now, she has to stop advocating for developmentally disabled clients when they reach 19 and are transferred to the care … [Read more...]

Massy Tadjedin Pens, Directs “The Adults”

"Last Night" helmer and "The Jacket" scribe Massy Tadjedin has been set to write and direct a film adaptation of Alison Espach's novel "The Adults" for Electric City. The story chronicles teenager Emily Vidal, a young woman who learns quickly of the complications that come with adulthood when she falls in love with an older man. Jamie Patricof … [Read more...]