Low Income Families

• Nova Scotia SPCA encourages people with large number of cats to reach out for help

  The first 21 cats have been brought into the Dartmouth SPCA, with four young ones to stay at the shelter to be socialized, but all the others, considered to be feral, will need to find new barn placements.

  Canada

  May 27, 2019
• Quebec to provide $146M in alimony payments to low-income, single-parent families

  The investment, predicted to start on Oct. 1, is aimed at making up for the lack of money single-parent families receive in alimony when a parent is on social assistance.

  Politics

  May 23, 2019
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• 6 Prince Albert homes renovated for low-income families

  A family housing project has officially opened for low-income families receiving crisis or life-skills assistance in Prince Albert, Sask.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2018
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• Women gain valuable skills as part of Habitat for Humanity Manitoba Build Blitz

  Many women from around Winnipeg are putting on their hard hats and picking up hammers and nails this week. Monday marks the start of the Habitat for Humanity Women Build Blitz Build.

  May 28, 2018
• TTC launches ‘Fair Fare Pass’ for low-income residents

  Transit users will get a $1 discount off the adult fare for a single ride and a $30.75 discount off an adult metropass.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018
• New Brunswick announces plan to provide free child care to low income families

  Premier Brian Gallant says providing access to free child care will give low-income parents every opportunity to enter the workforce or pursue their studies.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2018
• IN PHOTOS: Our Lady Queen of Peace turns donations into Christmas party for low-income children

  Our Lady Queen of Peace north ranch relies on donations to make Christmas merry and bright for low-income children and their families, but this year volunteers couldn't help as many as they'd hoped.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2017
• ‘It’s alarming’: New Brunswick experiencing significant shortage of public sector psychologists

  Global News has discovered there are at least 31 unfilled psychologist positions within the Department of Health, Education and Mental Health in New Brunswick.

  Health

  Oct 16, 2017
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• ‘How am I this lucky?’: Habitat for Humanity volunteer recounts how she became homeowner

  For Lacey Untereiner, learning she was going to own her own home thanks to Habitat for Humanity was overwhelming.

  Features

  Jul 10, 2017
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• Toronto maintains status as ‘child poverty capital’ of Canada: study

  Toronto continues to hold the unenviable spot of having the highest percentage of children living in low-income families among Canada’s major cities, according to a new report released Monday.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2016