poverty

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

‘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

Her upbringing included poverty, witnessing violence at home. Now she’s a Rhodes Scholar

Growing up with two older brothers who have neurodevelopmental disorders has left Dalhousie University student Diana Adamo with a mission in life…

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