Fredericton – Today, the Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation (ESIC) released its 5 year progress report on the New Brunswick’s poverty reduction strategy. Poverty was reduced between 2009 and 2011 as a result of increases in social assistance and the minimum wage, while the rate of deep poverty increased by 5%. “The gains identified in the progress report illustrate the […]
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Dr. Adrian Edgar and his clinic manager Valerie Edelman hosted David Coon at Clinic 554 on Brunswick Street to show him around the facility.
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Critics say working poor become trapped in debt cycle because of high interest rates When times were tough, Andrew Mc-Namara had to resort to using a payday loan company to make ends meet. The Fredericton man has a better job now and no longer uses the loan-of-last-resort, but the memory of borrowing $200 and having to pay back more than […]
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FREDERICTON • The finance minister says the provincial budget on March 31 will be full of difficult decisions, what the Tory Opposition leader describes as code words for one of two things: a sales tax increase or a cynical ploy to delight people if the Liberals don’t impose a widely-expected HST hike. Finance Minister Roger Melanson released the budget date in the […]
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