http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/95/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/node/34518 <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_6833.jpg" alt="" title="The author visiting the Soul&#039;s Harbour Kitchen in North End Halifax while doing research for this article. photo: Ken Porter" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTIK (Halifax) - Many of the poor people that I know are willing to do what it takes to improve their incomes and living situations. For some that means being a poverty activist and protesting at Province House, for others it means trying very hard to find a job, and for others again it means going back to school.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/node/34518" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/node/34518#comments Kendall Worth Éducation Santé Idées Pauvreté Solidarité poverty Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:11:22 +0000 Moira Peters 34518 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995 <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_8338_r.jpg" alt="" title="“All the parties are cozying up to the middle class and ignoring people living in poverty,” said Ann Duffy, a long-time poverty activist who lives at the Mulgrave Park public housing complex. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8346_r.jpg" alt="" title="“People get discouraged. Not one of the three leading parties has said a lot about poverty. All they ever did was dance around it a bit,” said Wayne MacNaughton. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; People living in poverty are being ignored by politicians of every stripe.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/think-poverty-when-you-vote-group-says/33995#comments Robert Devet Governance Santé Logement Pauvreté Community Advocates Network ESIA poverty Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:13:52 +0000 Robert DeVet 33995 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/our-bodies-our-blood/33841 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Art project about menstruation, cultural shame and poverty </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/fionalegg1_r.jpg" alt="" title="Art by Fiona Legg - Our Bodies Our Blood, showing at Plan B on Gottingen Street, is an art project with over 30 artists submitting from across Canada, some parts of Europe, Australia, and a few artists from the US. " width="450" height="603" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/samloganart_r.jpg" alt="" title="Art by Sam Logan - The show&#039;s curators have also launched a fundraiser towards menstrual products for two local shelters. " width="450" height="499" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - For most people, if they think about it at all, it&rsquo;s something they think about once a month.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/our-bodies-our-blood/33841" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/our-bodies-our-blood/33841#comments Moira Donovan Genre Santé Pauvreté Adsum House Barry House menstruation Plan B poverty tampons Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:35:56 +0000 Robert DeVet 33841 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-welfare-consultation-deeply-fla/33827 <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_8076.jpg" alt="" title="Suggestions by Community Services that people on assistance are better off than we think and that more people on assistance need to join the labour force has activists concerned. Pleas to raise welfare rates, as at this rally earlier in the year, appear to fall on deaf ears. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="western">KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; A plan to revamp social assistance in Nova Scotia is causing concern among many welfare recipients and community ad</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-welfare-consultation-deeply-fla/33827" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-welfare-consultation-deeply-fla/33827#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté Benefit Reform Action Group department of community services ESIA poverty Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:07:06 +0000 Robert DeVet 33827 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-poverty-activist-and-writer/33807 <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/kendall_2.jpg" alt="" title="Kendall Worth, poverty activist and frequent contributor to the Halifax Media Co-op, on why he fights injustice. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash;&nbsp; </div><p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-poverty-activist-and-writer/33807" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/my-life-poverty-activist-and-writer/33807#comments Kendall Worth Action directe Pauvreté department of community services ESIA poverty Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:26:15 +0000 Robert DeVet 33807 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746 <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_8126_r.jpg" alt="" title="This day and age internet access should not be restricted to people who can afford its high costs, say members of Nova Scotia ACORN. They rallied at the CRTC office on Wyse Road in Dartmouth. The CRTC is studying the issue. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="western">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Earlier this afternoon about ten members of the anti-poverty group <a href="https://www.acorncanada.org/nova-scotia" rel="nofollow">ACOR</a></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/acorn-nova-scotia-rallies-affordable-internet-acce/33746#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté ACORN Nova Scotia internet access poverty Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:43:46 +0000 Robert DeVet 33746 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/hoping-miracle/33737 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Poverty activist Kendall Worth on his long search for justice </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_8091_kendall.jpg" alt="" title="Kendall Worth fought the Community Services decision to disallow his special diet all the way to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Here he can be seen explaining the issue to the press during a recent anti-poverty rally in Halifax. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - You regular readers of the Halifax Media Co-op may remember reading <a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/kendall-worth" rel="nofollow">my articles</a> about the systematic problems with the Social Assistance &ldquo;spe</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Fichiers attachés à cette publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/ogama3_info.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=4689172" title="ogama3_info.pdf">Evidence that omega 3 fatty acids relieve a variety of psychological disorders</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/hoping-miracle/33737" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/hoping-miracle/33737#comments Kendall Worth Alimentation Santé Pauvreté compulsive disorder department of community services ESIA poverty special diet Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:17:25 +0000 Robert DeVet 33737 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca 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/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/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> North Dartmouth Tenants Town Hall hears litany of complaints </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_7899_r.jpg" alt="" title="ACORN member and MetCap tenant Lisa Farin speaks on Healty Homes Campaign. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -&nbsp;Sparks were flying at last night&#39;s town hall meeting on tenants rights at the Dartmouth North Community Centre.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9Csomebody-had-stand-them-it-might-well-be-me%E2%80%9D/33631#comments Robert Devet Logement ACORN ACORN Nova Scotia landlord licensing MetCap MetCap Living North Dartmouth poverty Sat, 06 Jun 2015 14:59:23 +0000 Robert DeVet 33631 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608 <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/cgayvy8xiaazxqn.jpg" alt="" title="It takes a wage of just about $20 per hour to live a dignified life in Halifax, a new report concludes. From left to right, moderator and United Way Halifax Interim CEO Rustum Southwell, Max Chauvin, also with United Way, and CCPA Nova Scotia Director Christine Saulnier, who wrote the report together with Mary-Dan Johnston. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Most people in Halifax earning minimum wage or slightly above will tell you that it&#39;s not enough to make ends meet.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608#comments Robert Devet Syndicalisme Pauvreté CCPA-NS Halifax living wage minimum wage poverty Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:21:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 33608 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/poverty-activists-occupy-joanne-bernards-constitue/33477 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Latest budget cuts make a hard life harder, group charges </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_7271_r.jpg" alt="" title="Do these people look threatening or what? Members of ACORN Nova Scotia and supporters briefly occupied Community Services Minister Joanne Bernard&#039;s constituency office to bring attention to the Liberal budget&#039;s effects on people living in poverty. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - This morning people on income assistance and their supporters briefly occupied the Wyse Road constituency office of Joanne Bernard, Minister of Community Services and MLA for North Dartmouth.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/poverty-activists-occupy-joanne-bernards-constitue/33477" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/poverty-activists-occupy-joanne-bernards-constitue/33477#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté #NSuncut department of community services ESIA Joanne Bernard poverty Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:29:37 +0000 Robert DeVet 33477 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/shake-community-services/33406 <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/nsdept.jpg" alt="" title="25 managers at Community Services received layoff notices and will be competing for substantially fewer newly created positions. " width="450" height="228" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - 25 managers at the Department of Community Services have received layoff notices and will be competing for significantly fewer new positions.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/shake-community-services/33406" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/shake-community-services/33406#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté department of community services ESIA Nova Scotia poverty Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:21:43 +0000 Robert DeVet 33406 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-cuts-back-special-transportatio/33341 <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/metro_transit_979_new_livery_r.jpg" alt="" title="Community Services is becoming (ever more) stingy in providing bus passes to Income Assistance recipients who need transportation support, advocates tell the Halifax Media Co-op. Photo Hfx chris at en.wikipedia" width="450" height="303" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p lang="en-US">KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - Community Services is making a concerted effort to reduce the number of bus passes it provides to Income Assistance recipients.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-cuts-back-special-transportatio/33341" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/community-services-cuts-back-special-transportatio/33341#comments Robert Devet Pauvreté Transport bus pass department of community services Halifax Halifax Transit poverty special needs Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:24:11 +0000 Robert DeVet 33341 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca