Nova Scotia is facing a significant challenge when it comes to child poverty, according to a recent report from the…
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Child poverty in Canada is on the rise, and Campaign 2000’s latest report indicates that the Canada Child Benefit (CCB)…
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A program aimed at lifting at least 350 households in Bridgewater, N.S., out of energy poverty is having trouble reaching some…
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Nova Scotia teachers, principals and education officials are trying a variety of ways to get kids back into class after…
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The new Canada Disability Benefit will lift about 25,000 adults out of poverty, according to new numbers released by the federal…
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre understandably seized on a new report card released last week by Food Banks Canada that highlighted the number of Canadians…
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Debbie Simmonds says it isn’t unusual for her to check the cupboards of the Preston Area Food Network’s community shelves…
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A new report underlines Nova Scotia’s chronically dismal record on family poverty and affordability. The child poverty rate in Nova…
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Nova Scotia·New The report, released Tuesday by the think-tank Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says 35,330 kids in Nova Scotia…
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United Way Halifax paints a grim and detailed picture of poverty in Nova Scotia’s largest municipality in its 36-page poverty…
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