Income Support
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Alberta cancer patient calls for changes to Income Support program“It's going to be a really tough six months to try to make ends meet and to make it through.”CanadaAug 11, 2023
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Disability benefit recipients urge Saskatchewan to increase rates"Ramen noodles and the food bank": recipients of SAID, advocates and the Saskatchewan NDP say the program's rates leave many recipients struggling to make ends meet.CanadaFeb 17, 2023
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Alberta pro golfer – now on disability – on high cost of living: ‘a real hardship’An Alberta woman says she's trying anything to get by due to rising inflation. At 61, she finds herself on federal disability after almost 40 years in the golf industry.EconomyJan 31, 2023
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Why anti poverty researchers bristle at holiday appeals for food bank donationsJosh Smee of the Newfoundland and Labrador group Food First said food banks and private charities are filling in for the gaps in the social system.CanadaNov 27, 2022
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Legislation introduced to provide income support program for Manitobans with severe disabilitiesThe province is introducing legislation to provide an income support program for Manitobans with severe and prolonged disabilities.PoliticsApr 27, 2021
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Pilot program to provide bus passes for income support recipients in St. John’sThe provincial government announced the plan Monday in St. John's after developing the program with the city and its Metrobus transit service.PoliticsFeb 17, 2020
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Payment changes to AISH and Income Support Benefits causing issues for recipientsRecipients of AISH and Income Support are dealing with changes to their programs that they say will have negative effects.PoliticsJan 29, 2020
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Alberta sees spike in social assistance cases: School of Public PolicyThe number of people in Alberta collecting social assistance soared to 54,374 in January 2017, according to the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.EconomyApr 6, 2017
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Feds offer support for wounded vets without military pensionThe new retirement benefit for some of the country's most severely disabled soldiers would begin at age 65.CanadaMar 9, 2015
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