http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/14174/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/squeezing-poor/32287 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Too many cut off from social assistance for trivial reasons, support workers say </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_6786_r_0.jpg" alt="" title="Earlier we wrote about Vicki Butler, who could no longer afford her medications after her social assistance benefits were cut off. Last week she nearly died because of that. Scenarios like Vicki&#039;s occur all the time, community advocates tells the Halifax Media Co-op. And often for trivial reasons. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(K&#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.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/squeezing-poor/32287" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/squeezing-poor/32287#comments Robert Devet Housing Poverty community services Fiona Traynor income assistance Joanne Bernard Nova Scotia Paul O'Hara Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:05:03 +0000 Robert DeVet 32287 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca