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N.S. saw highest rates of poverty, food insecurity among provinces in 2022

Between 2021 and 2022, the poverty rate in the province shot up from 8.6 per cent to 13.1 per cent, according to newly released data from Statistics Canada. Nearly 30 per cent of Nova Scotians were also food insecure, the agency said. Both rates are the highest among the provinces. ....

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Preston group building sheds and filling them with free food

A huge cheer cut through the damp air on Tuesday afternoon when the ribbon was cut to officially open a new community food hub of Cherry Brook, one of three such facilities that are set to open in Black communities in the Halifax area by mid-August. ....

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