poverty

Politics

After years of decline, child poverty in Canada is rising swiftly: report

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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Nova Scotia

Bridgewater wants to lift people out of energy poverty, but helping renters is a struggle

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

Poverty, mental health keeping secondary students out of Cape Breton-Victoria schools

Nova Scotia teachers, principals and education officials are trying a variety of ways to get kids back into class after…

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Health

Canada Disability Benefit won’t lift ‘hundreds of thousands’ out of poverty, new numbers confirm

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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Politics

A new report on poverty challenges both Liberals and Conservatives

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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Nova Scotia

N.S. saw highest rates of poverty, food insecurity among provinces in 2022

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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Nova Scotia

One in five Nova Scotia children living in poverty, report finds

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

‘Historic’ single-year spike in N.S. child poverty between 2020 and 2021: report

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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Halifax

Halifax poverty rate highest of urban centres in Canada: United Way report

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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Nova Scotia

United Way report paints grim poverty picture for HRM, highest urban centre rate in Canada

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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