http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/14761/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/mariana%E2%80%99s-story/33706 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Letting the children go </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_1433_2.jpg" alt="" title="Mariana works in a fish plant in rural Nova Scotia. That doesn&#039;t pay the bill, and she had to make some very difficult decisions. Photo SmallScales.ca" width="225" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Third in a series about living in rural poverty in the Annapolis Valley rid</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/mariana%E2%80%99s-story/33706" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/mariana%E2%80%99s-story/33706#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté poverty rural Nova Scotia rural poverty working poor Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:36:29 +0000 Robert DeVet 33706 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/kirk%E2%80%99s-story/33692 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Surviving in rural Nova Scotia on $525 a month </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/old-man-on-a-bike.jpg" alt="" title="For many in rural Nova Scotia making ends meet is a daily challenge. Some days they fail to do so. This is the story of one such person. Kirk, subsisting on $525 a month after suffering a debilitating accident. Somehow he manages to remain cheerful. (Stock photo) " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><i>This is the second in a series of posts about being poor in rural Nova Scotia, most particularly in the western end of Annapolis Valley, in the riding of Premier Stephen McNeil.</i></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/kirk%E2%80%99s-story/33692" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/kirk%E2%80%99s-story/33692#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté department of community services ESIA rural Nova Scotia rural poverty Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:28:33 +0000 Robert DeVet 33692 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/elizabeths-story/33662 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Struggling (and failing) to make ends meet in rural Nova Scotia </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/oldhouse.jpg" alt="" title="The hard realities of living in poverty in rural Nova Scotia. Practically invisible, Elizabeth struggles (and often fails) to make ends meet. Photo SoundPrint.org" width="320" height="214" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p align="JUSTIFY"><em>This post was originally published in the excellent&nbsp;</em><em><a href="http://livinginruralpoverty.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow"></a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/elizabeths-story/33662" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/elizabeths-story/33662#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté department of community services ESIA poverty rural Nova Scotia Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:43:41 +0000 Robert DeVet 33662 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-accessing-mental-health-rural-nova-scotia-fo/33582 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/mentalhealth.bandaids.jpg" alt="" title="Need help for mental health problems in rural Nova Scotia? Don&#039;t hold your breath, says our Valley blogger. " width="236" height="236" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p align="LEFT"><em>This op-ed was originally published in the excellent&nbsp;<a href="http://livinginruralpoverty.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"></a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-accessing-mental-health-rural-nova-scotia-fo/33582" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-accessing-mental-health-rural-nova-scotia-fo/33582#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Santé Pauvreté Annapolis Valley mental health poverty sexual harassment Sat, 23 May 2015 14:06:54 +0000 Robert DeVet 33582 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-lazy-employment-insurance-recipients/33504 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/grandi_fish_processing_conveyor_belt3_2011.jpg" alt="" title="EI or fish plants? If your business success depends upon your workers&#039; children going hungry because you won&#039;t pay their parents enough to live on, then you need to re-examine your business plans. Photo SmallScales.ca" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>This op-ed was originally published in the excellent&nbsp;</em><em><a href="http://livinginruralpoverty.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow"></a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-lazy-employment-insurance-recipients/33504" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-lazy-employment-insurance-recipients/33504#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Syndicalisme Pauvreté EI employment insurance fish plants TFW Sun, 03 May 2015 14:37:41 +0000 Robert DeVet 33504 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-urban-solutions-rural-problems/33295 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/bridgetownqueenstreet1917p.jpg" alt="" title="Bridgetown in the Annapolis Valley c. 1910. Lots of businesses in those days.." width="450" height="281" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>This op-ed was originally published in the excellent&nbsp;</em><em><a href="http://livinginruralpoverty.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow"></a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-urban-solutions-rural-problems/33295" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-urban-solutions-rural-problems/33295#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté Ivany report poverty rural Nova Scotia Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:54:05 +0000 Robert DeVet 33295 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-bad-times-are-coming-rural-nova-scotia/33236 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Dealing with higher food prices, fewer jobs, crumbling infrastructure and austerity </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/the-poor5.jpg" alt="" title="Things don&#039;t look good for people on low income struggling to make ends meet in rural Nova Scotia" width="392" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div><em>This op-ed was originally published in the excellent <a href="http://livinginruralpoverty.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">Rural Poverty in Annapolis Valley West</a>. Check it out!</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>&quot;A hungry man is an angry man.&quot;</em></div> <div><i>James Howell 1594-1666</i></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This weather is making my wood pile take a beating!! </div><p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-bad-times-are-coming-rural-nova-scotia/33236" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-bad-times-are-coming-rural-nova-scotia/33236#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté Austerity poverty rural Nova Scotia Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:59:01 +0000 Robert DeVet 33236 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-broten-report-going-put-all-us-poverty/33100 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/reganomics-trickle-down-effect.jpg" alt="" title="" width="269" height="316" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Okay....I have been avoiding this topic but it must be addressed. &nbsp;If I am going to write about poverty and how it is affecting us in the rural area of Nova Scotia - particularly in Premier McNeil&#39;s rural riding - then I have to write about The Broten&nbsp;Report.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-broten-report-going-put-all-us-poverty/33100" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/op-ed-broten-report-going-put-all-us-poverty/33100#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté Broten report poverty Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:32:01 +0000 Robert DeVet 33100 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/potboiler-discussion-social-assistance-nova-scotia/32838 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4406_0.jpg" alt="" title="There are a lot of good and caring people in the Department of Community Services but there are also a lot of people who don&#039;t know their arse from their elbows when it comes to compassion. 2013 celebrations of the International Day to Eradicate Poverty - Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>We have been taught either by our culture, our families, our school system or whatever else, to dislike and dismiss anybody who receives social assistance also known as &#39;welfare&#39;.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/potboiler-discussion-social-assistance-nova-scotia/32838" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/potboiler-discussion-social-assistance-nova-scotia/32838#comments Rural Poverty In Annapolis Valley West Pauvreté Annapolis Valley department of community services ESIA Nova Scottia poverty social assistance Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:20:53 +0000 Robert DeVet 32838 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca