Brenda Thompson: The Halifax Poor House dead are safe…for now
Brenda Thompson, author of an excellent book on poor houses in Nova Scotia, expresses her relief that the unmarked burial ground on Spring Garden Road will remain preserved.
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Kendall Worth: “When I keep looking for an affordable place to live and not find anything, what can I do?”
Reporter Kendall Worth offers a reminder that high rents and rent increases are forcing poor people to make risky choices that they aren’t really comfortable with. In this case things seem to work out, but that isn’t always the case.
Kendall Worth: A letter to Minister Randy Delorey with two simple ideas that will help poor people tremendously
Day surgery and the mandatory ride home is a problem for poor people, as are mental health issues. In this letter anti-poverty advocate Kendall Worth offers excellent solutions to Health minister Randy Delorey.
In Nova Scotia incomes for people on social assistance continue downward slide in 2018
The newest provincial welfare stats are in: In 2018 in Nova Scotia the very poor get poorer once again, and we continue to be the province with the lowest total incomes for people on social assistance.
Lost in the poor house: “He thought he was all alone”
Brenda Thompson, author of the excellent “A Wholesome Horror, Poor Houses of Nova Scotia”, was sent a bit of on an oral history account of the life of an entire family forced into a Nova Scotia poor house sometime before World War II. “He said he never knew nothing about his family as he was taken away from his parents and siblings at such a young age. He thought he was all alone.”
Kendall Worth: Surviving Dorian while poor
Life is never easy for poor people, and this is never more true than when a hurricane hits. Reporter Kendall Worth talked to several people about their worries and concerns right before Dorian arrived in Nova Scotia.
Be prepared: Dealing with a natural disaster when you’re poor or disabled
New contributor Olivia Katz on how to live through a natural disaster (or any emergency, really) when you are poor or live with disabilities or chronic illness. News you can use!
Kendall Worth: Another story of harassment of poor people with mental health issues by police and security guards in Halifax
Kendall Worth with more on the ongoing harassment of poor people and people with disabilities by police ans security guards.
Kendall Worth: How poor people looking out for one another saves the day after day surgery gets cancelled
Kendall Worth writes on yet another person living in poverty who encounters problems getting home after day surgery. Good thing poor people look out for each other, even if they don’t know one another!
We’re missing an incredible opportunity to make Cogswell people-friendly
“Halifax downtown needn’t be about meeting the needs of traffic flow first, pedestrians second,” writes Martyn Williams. Now that federal funding will drastically reduce truck traffic downtown it’s time to revisit the Cogswell design plans and do it right this time.