Emily Mathieu Jun 24 2008 Opal Sparks remembers when careful planning and a well-thought-out food budget was all it took to make sure families got enough to eat. “I wasn’t brought up on steak and lobster by any means,”… Continue Reading
Joanna Smith May 09, 2008 Ottawa–In a forum usually reserved for peering at poverty through the lens of bureaucratic terminology, Michael Creek showed up to talk about how being poor actually feels. “Poverty steals from your soul, leaving you with… Continue Reading
Jim Coyle June 14, 2007 If, as the saying goes, God made man because he so loves stories, the next few days in our town ought to win a good deal of heavenly favour for tales heartbreaking, conscience-stirring, rib-tickling, spirit-lifting… Continue Reading
Carol Goar June 22, 2007 The way to become an expert on poverty in Canada is to get a university degree, run a social agency, join a think-tank or work as a welfare official. Living in poverty doesn’t count. Knowing… Continue Reading
Carol Goar April 11 2007 They’d battled drug addiction, cancer, racism, sexual abuse and mental illness, but they all agreed one foe was harder to beat than any of them poverty. Once a person loses everything – home, job, income,… Continue Reading