http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/14763/0 fr 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/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