Archivée - Sommaire médiatique - 01/11/2010

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CHILDREN AND CHILDCARE / ENFANTS

SAINT JOHN - Community groups, government, early childhood educators and school districts have long identified the need for improved early childhood learning in Saint John's five priority neighbourhoods. (TELEGRAPH JOURNAL)

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HEALTH / SANTÉ

NWT - Major changes to the Northwest Territories' supplemental health benefits policy are now being scrapped, Health Minister Sandy Lee said Friday. (CBC)

ST THERESA POINT - Lack of access to water and overcrowding facilitate the spread of these viruses," a Health Canada media spokeswoman acknowledged. (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)

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HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING / SANS ABRIS

VICTORIA - A tumultuous week is coming for Victoria's growing homeless population, with shelter spaces closing and others being relocated - but some shop owners are ... (CTV)

VICTORIA - BC's homeless and at-risk population won't see a change in how they access government services, despite a breakup of the province's integrated housing and ... (TIMES COLUMNIST)

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MINIMUM WAGE / REVENUS DE BASE

BC - At $8.00 an hour, B.C.’s minimum wage is the lowest in the country. By contrast, Saskatchewan’s is $9.25. (OPINION 250)

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PENSIONS

NATIONAL - The Ontario government has released a discussion paper, weighing the alternatives for expanding the Canada Pension Plan, among other changes to the pension system. (INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE)

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POVERTY / PAUVRETÉ

TORONTO - Downtown Toronto may still be reeling from last week’s municipal election, but in the city’s suburbs where Rob Ford swept every ward, anti-poverty activists and social service agencies are cautiously optimistic. (TORONTO STAR)

BC - The Christmas Bureau, a central organizing agency for several groups, has disbanded. That means charities are now collecting their own applications from people who need assistance (TIMES COLUMNIST)

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WORKING POOR / FAIBLE REVENU

VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Campbell didn't need to waste taxpayers' money to tell us about a 15 per cent income tax cut that doesn't come close to making up for the HST tax grab from the province's working poor and will leave "middle class" wage earners still paying more harmonized tax than they will receive extra on their paycheques.  (TIMES COLUMNIST)

ONTARIO - Do we need low-income and fixed-income families, as well as the working poor, freezing in their homes in order to send the message that something must be done to ease the tax burden on a fuel that is a Canadian necessity. (TORONTO SUN)

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OTHER / AUTRE

NATIONAL - With Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec recently expanding into online gambling, the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has not only called for provincial governments to remove themselves from the gambling business, but also for a halt on gaming expansion. (THE GAZETTE)

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Date de sortie 2010-11-01