http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/13099/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/were-number-one/33307 <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/food-security1.jpg" alt="" title="Nova Scotians experience a rate of food insecurity higher than any other province, a Stats Canada report establishes. Photo Agricorner.com" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - A <a href="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-624-x/2015001/article/14138-eng.pdf" rel="nofollow">report</a> by Statistics Canada that was released yesterday shows that 11.9 percent of Nova Scotians experienced food insecurity i</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/were-number-one/33307" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/were-number-one/33307#comments Robert Devet Poverty department of community services Food insecurity FoodArc Nova Scotia poverty Statistics Canada Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:34:58 +0000 Robert DeVet 33307 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/all-we-would-do-dig-out-clams-shore-and-bring-pot/30892 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Food insecurity and pollution at Pictou Landing First Nation </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/page450/6911938566_073e950f4b_b.jpg" alt="" title="Pollutionof Pictou County&#039;s Boat Harbour is stopping members of Pictou Landing First Nation from growing their own food or accessing traditional foods such as wild game, berries and fish. Photo Miles Howe." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; A lack of healthy, affordable food is a big problem in Pictou Landing First Nation, a small Mi&#39;kmaq community of roughly 400 people.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/all-we-would-do-dig-out-clams-shore-and-bring-pot/30892" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/all-we-would-do-dig-out-clams-shore-and-bring-pot/30892#comments Robert Devet Environment Food Health Indigenous Abercrombie Point Pulp and Paper Boat Harbour food security FoodArc Irena Knezevic Pictou Landing Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:56:43 +0000 Robert DeVet 30892 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca