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As the number of people experiencing homelessness in the area continues to grow, Concord's committee to end homelessness sets forth agenda

The growing number of immigrants coming to Nova Scotia has led to a a dramatic growth in some religious communities.

When Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the rest of the city’s newly elected council members were sworn in last November at the Orpheum Theatre, five leaders of Christian, Jewish, Sikh and Muslim faiths were invited to participate in the inaugural ceremony.

Modern convenience meets traditional religious practices this week in Vancouver as a church is offering an Ash Wednesday drive-thru.

Even poverty has a learning curve. Executives with four community action programs urged U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., to relieve applicants of rigid paper documentation requirements and to deliver more discretionary money in the next COVID-19 relief package. Betsey Andrew Parker, executive director of the Strafford County Community Action Parnership, said there’s plenty of anxiety out there about what will be in place in 2021 when moratoriums on rental evictions and mortgage foreclosures are set to expire. “The underemployed people we are seeing is very significant,” Parker s...