Joanne Bernard

Poverty activists occupy Joanne Bernard's constituency office

Robert DeVet — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:29:37 +0000

Latest budget cuts make a hard life harder, group charges

KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - This morning people on income assistance and their supporters briefly occupied the Wyse Road constituency office of Joanne Bernard, Minister of Community Services and MLA for North Dartmouth.

Squeezing the poor

Robert DeVet — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:05:03 +0000

Too many cut off from social assistance for trivial reasons, support workers say

(K'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.

Metro Housing tenants tired of cockroaches and bedbugs

Robert DeVet — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:10:10 +0000

"We are the tenants of 101 Nova Court and we are very tired and fed up with the living conditions in here. There are bed bugs and roaches in here. They're in the hallways and most of the apartments."