Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:46:59 +0000
The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School program has sent $1.4 million to 161 schools this year to help feed and clothe children.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:02:37 +0000
A Rentals.ca report says last month the average rent for a one-bedroom home in Vancouver was $2,163 while a two-bedroom place cost $3,003.
Read moreCredit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:19:39 +0000
Opinion: While the New Democrats continue to dither, the price at the pump marches mostly onward and upward
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Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:00:02 +0000
The 47-year-old has a contract with the city to provide assistance on safe drug-supply reforms, poverty-reduction plans and making her neighbourhood safer.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:43:04 +0000
There is extreme poverty in the world —1 percent of rich people have more money and wealth than the combined wealth of 4.6 billion people who have almost nothing. Worldwide, there are about 735 million people in extreme poverty. In the Philippines, there is an estimated 6 million people in extreme poverty. Why is there […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:00:08 +0000
MORE Filipino families, especially in Metro Manila, considered themselves poor in the last quarter of 2019, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Thursday. The poll from December 13 to 16 among 1,200 Filipino adults nationwide showed self-rated poverty jump by 54 percent or 13.1 million, up 12 percentage points from the 42 percent or […]
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Credit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:00:03 +0000
Opinion: Many families raising children on minimum-wage jobs, often without benefits, are still far below the poverty line
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Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:00:24 +0000
One out of every five B.C. children continue to live in poverty in B.C., says the annual First Call poverty report card to be released today. That’s 163,730 children without enough money for proper shelter, nutritious food or other basic necessities.
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Credit to Author: Jordana Rosenfeld| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:34:18 +0000
Lawmakers and activists are proposing a digital payment platform and currency to help millions of New Yorkers without bank accounts.
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Credit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:00:12 +0000
Vancouver’s newly elected park board chair said that while last week’s deadly assault in the Downtown Eastside park is tragic, it doesn’t change the plan approved last month by the board.
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