Poverty reduction

Poverty and food security among children living in lone-parent households was on the rise in 2022, according to new figures from Statistics Canada. (Black Press Media file photo).

Child poverty spikes dramatically in B.C. single-mom families: StatsCan

Overall poverty rates and food insecurity up, while median after-tax incomes down

 

Jamie McCallum, owner of Community Salons, has provided over 400 haircuts for free over the three years the business has been open. (Bailey Seymour/The News)

Victoria hair stylist provides free haircuts to those in need

Jamie McCallum estimates he’s given 400 haircuts since opening Community Salons in 2021

 

Sheila Malcolmson, here seen in July 2023 in Surrey, said new poverty goals tabled Tuesday are “both ambitious and realistic.” (Anna Burns/Surrey Now-Leader)

B.C.’s new poverty goals both ‘realistic and ambitious,’ says minister

B.C. to cut poverty rate by 60 per cent, child poverty by 75 per cent and seniors’ poverty by 50 per

 

Window mounted air conditioners and exhaust hoses from portable units are seen in apartment windows, in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, August 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s low-income renters thought they’d get free AC units, but face hurdles

Summer isn’t fun for Surrey, B.C., renter Inderjit Singh Ghuman. It means…

Window mounted air conditioners and exhaust hoses from portable units are seen in apartment windows, in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, August 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Disability Without Poverty created bleakmarket.com, a landing page filled with listings meant to “evoke the dark web” to show how some Canadians have had to resort to selling essential items to make ends meet. (bleakmarket.com)

Canadians living with disabilities forced to sell essential items just to survive: Advocacy group

Website highlights lack of awareness, calls on government to pass Canada Disability Benefit Act

Disability Without Poverty created bleakmarket.com, a landing page filled with listings meant to “evoke the dark web” to show how some Canadians have had to resort to selling essential items to make ends meet. (bleakmarket.com)
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, where city workers started efforts to clear the encampment on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The city’s fire chief issued an order last month requiring the tents be cleared because of an extreme fire safety hazard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

As Vancouver begins removing tent encampment, residents wonder where they should go

Heavy police presence and resident concern as city staff set to work Tuesday

Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, where city workers started efforts to clear the encampment on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The city’s fire chief issued an order last month requiring the tents be cleared because of an extreme fire safety hazard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck