http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/8369/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/eat-or-heat/15900 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ruthless treatment of poor by Nova Scotia Power showing signs of weakening </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_3725.jpg" alt="" title="&quot;Shameful&quot;: How Nova Scotia Power currently deals with low-income clients unable to pay their bills (Photo: Robert Devet)." width="450" height="677" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HALIFAX &mdash; For many people on low income, paying the power bill isn&#39;t easy. During the winter, it can become a matter of what to sacrifice: eat or heat, feed your kids and pay the rent or have your power disconnected and freeze.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/eat-or-heat/15900" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/eat-or-heat/15900#comments Robert Devet Governance Logement Pauvreté Affordable Energy Coalition dalhousie legal aid service Ecology Action Centre low income Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Nova Scotia Power poverty Utilities and Review Board Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:03:56 +0000 Natascia Lypny 15900 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca