Tag Archives: poverty reduction
Food Costing Event: Follow Up
The Annapolis Valley Poverty Coalition hosted an event on May 12th at the Nova Scotia Community College in Middleton. There was a large crowd out to this event and we are hopeful that many of the people who attended will … Continue reading
Food Prices to Raise Asian Poverty
The following article was taken from CBC News World report. It’s what we all fear and does a good job of telling us what to expect: World food prices that surged 30 per cent in the first two months of the … Continue reading
Drug spending: How much do you spend on medical drugs each year?
The following article is brought to you by IStock.com and shows how the bare necessities of life are becoming to much for the average citizen of Canada. At the end of the article they show what the average cost of … Continue reading
The Rich Get Richer
The story below from www.cbc.ca shows part of the issue with the poverty rates sky rocketing; in a balanced, equal society the rich would be losing as well. However, in Canada we see the opposite with the poor becoming much … Continue reading
Conference Board of Canada – Child Poverty
Child poverty is defined as the proportion of children aged 17 and under living in households where disposable income is less than half the median in a given country. Did you know: � Canada scores a C grade and ranks … Continue reading
Report Card on Urban Homelessness
The Community Action on Homelessness released a report card on homelessness in Halifax. If gives a good background to the situation of poverty in urban Nova Scotia. Check it out: www.cahhalifax.org Morgan Storm
Homeless Connect
The following article is taken from www.ctv.ca and shows a community driven effort to give some dignity to the homeless and unemployed people in the city of Edmonton. The people in this article are doing what they can to help … Continue reading →