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Protesters decry the lack of affordable housing for low-income people

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About 70 people joined a protest in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Saturday, decrying a decline in affordable housing for low-income people, including seniors. As CBC's Sohrab Sandhu reports, they say recent efforts by the B.C. NDP to...
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Vancouver protesters decry lack of affordable housing for low-income people

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About 70 people joined an affordable housing protest in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Saturday. As CBC's Sohrab Sandhu reports, they say recent efforts by the B.C. NDP to rein in short-term rentals and build more rental housing don't...
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MPs debate concerns over national disability benefit

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Disability advocates in B.C. were left disappointed by the federal announcement allocating $6.1 billion to the national disability benefit over six years. The Early Edition host Stephen Quinn spoke with the NDP's critic for disability...
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Stretching Your Dollar: What to Know About Changes to FAFSA

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Applying for financial aid for college is a long process but there's a new streamlined application for federal student aid. Mark Kantrowitz, student loan expert, joined Cheddar News to explain the FAFSA form and what kind of changes are...
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I can't afford anything healthy,' Winnipeg man on social assistance says

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Todd Donohue, who suffers from Crohn's disease and is on social assistance, says the price of food is so high in Manitoba that people like him cannot afford healthy food and often have to choose between buying groceries and paying rent...
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India marks 75 years of independence

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Celebrations are being held across India to commemorate 75 years of independence.
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MPs return to the House of Commons for first sitting in nearly five months

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Government House Leader Mark Holland, NDP House Leader Peter Julian and Bloc Québécois Deputy House Leader Christine Normandin join Power & Politics to discuss their expectations for the new legislative session.
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A decade after Egypt’s revolution, change remains elusive

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A decade after Egypt's revolution, the ghosts of 2011 still want freedom justice and bread
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Why people with disabilities in B.C. are avoiding getting married

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Some British Columbians with disabilities say they're avoiding tying the knot in order to stay on disability assistance. Helaine Boyd from Disability Alliance B.C. says the provincial government needs to change its benefits structure.
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CBC Northbeat - April 04, 2025

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Every weeknight, we take the pulse of the North and reflect its diversity
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Canada gets a failing grade on addressing disability poverty, advocacy group says

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Disability Without Poverty has given the federal government an "F" on its 2024 Disability Report Card. Organization chair Michelle Hewitt explained to BC Today Host Michelle Eliot why Canada was graded so low.
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Al-Assad’s regime ‘permeated every single person’s fibre of being’: Analysis

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Arwa Damon said the fear of al-Assad’s regime was extremely “palpable and real” when he was in power.
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Thousands displaced amid latest escalation of fighting in Syria

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The latest violence has led to Syria's largest wave of people escaping fighting in six years.
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Obamacare Architect Reacts to Federal Judge Ruling ACA Unconstitutional

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Dec.17 -- Ezekiel Emanuel, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania's Medical Ethics and Health Policy Department and former White House health policy adviser, reacts to a federal judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is...
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Evercore's Schlosstein Advocates $15 Minimum Wage

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Jan.20 -- Ralph Schlosstein, co-chairman and co-chief executive officer at Evercore Inc., says leaders in the U.S. should adopt a $15 minimum wage. He speaks with Bloomberg's Sonali Basak on "Bloomberg Markets."
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More children in UK living in poverty than records show

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More children in UK living in poverty than records show
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UN: Temporary Basic Income for the Poorest Could Slow Pandemic

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Sep.02 -- On this edition of "Bloomberg Equality," Kanni Wignaraja, Asia-Pacific director at the United Nations Development Programme, explains why an introduction of a temporary basic income for the world’s poorest people could slow the...
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Alexei Navalny May Be the Man Vladimir Putin Fears Most

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Apr.03 -- Bloomberg’s Matthew Philips discusses Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption protest movement. He speaks with Oliver Renick on “Bloomberg Markets.”
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S. Africa Preparing Emergency Power Measures: Godongwana

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South Africa Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana discusses the impact of Fed rate hikes on South Africa, surging debt in emerging economies and South Africa's energy crisis. He speaks on Bloomberg Television from the sidelines of the G-20...
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World Refugee Day in Lebanon where 1/5 are refugees

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Lebanon has the highest number of refugees in the world relative to its size, some one-fifth of the population.
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South Africa's Mashatile on ANC's Top Priorities

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Paul Mashatile, the treasurer-general of South Africa's governing African National Congress and the man tipped to be its next deputy leader, said the party's focus must be on fostering economic growth. He told Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua...