The province is spending $195,000 to extend the operation of an overnight emergency shelter in Halifax for another three months. On Thursday, the Department of Community Services announced it will pay to add 25 new overnight beds to the Brunswick Street Mission in downtown Halifax. These beds will be available nightly from April 1 […]
Report: living wage in Halifax now $22.05/hour
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia office says the most expensive items in each region are shelter, food, and child care.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative released its latest report on living wages in Nova Scotia this morning. This year, CCPA-NS includes new living wage calculations for five economic regions: Annapolis valley (Annapolis, Kings, and Hants counties); Cape Breton (Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria counties); Halifax (Halifax County); Northern (Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, and […]
Sleeping on HRM streets: “This year is by far the worst I’ve seen”
Morning File, Wednesday, September 9, 2020
News 1. Were it not for COVID, “we probably would have got by for hundreds of years” with double rooms in nursing homes: deputy minister Jennifer Henderson reports on Tuesday’s meeting of the legislature’s Health Committee, the first meeting in six months, to talk about the pandemic and preparedness. Chief medical officer Dr. Robert Strang […]