One out of every three adults in Alberta possess reading skills that limit their ability to deal with much of the written material they encounter every day. One in seven adults in Alberta are at the lowest literacy level. They have serious difficulty dealing with printed materials.

One in six adults in Alberta lacks the necessary number skills to cope with simple daily tasks such as grocery shopping or banking?

Low reading and writing skills affect individual quality of life, health and the economic growth of our province and our communities?

Canadian businesses lose $4 billion a year because of problems related to low literacy skills?

Cold Lake has a Community Learning Centre that will help adults and families improve their literacy skills?