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    <title>Squeezing the poor</title>
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                    Too many cut off from social assistance for trivial reasons, support workers say        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Last Tuesday Vicki Butler had to rush to the hospital with dangerously high blood sugar levels. She was kept there all night. She could have died, a nurse told her.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Criminalization costs sex worker lives - Rally in Halifax says no to Bill C-36</title>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - About 50 people braved a steady rain today and gathered on the Grand Parade in downtown Halifax to voice their concerns about a new prostitution bill.&lt;/p&gt;
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