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Children & Youth News FeedMarch 22, 2007 - 9:10am
The following articles are fed through PovNet from outside mainstream and independent news sites, advocacy organizations, non-profits and government sites with the keywords child poverty and street youth. These stories are not moderated and do not necessarily reflect the views of PovNet. WEB EXTRA: Manitoba losing rep as child poverty capitalMANITOBA is slowly shedding its place as the child poverty capital of Canada, according to Statistics Canada and the Doer government. Family Services and Housing Minister Gord Mackintosh said Tuesday Manitobans living in poverty, including the number of children living in poorer families, has dropped in Manitoba, according to the latest report by Statistics Canada on income trends in Canada. Police curtail illegal weapons amnesty programA West Broadway street-youth resource centre says it has voluntarily suspended a homegrown weapons amnesty program after police indicated it was unlawful. Kelly Holmes, executive director of Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY) -- which provides services to street youths -- said Thursday that a police investigation determined that the group was violating the Criminal Code by offering small honorariums for weapons surrendered by their clients. Vancouver shelter for street youth gets $5 MVancouver's largest shelter and resource centre for homeless youth will receive $5 million in the next three years to double its capacity and maintain operational needs. Ontario Campaign 2000 Responds to Premier McGuintys Comments on New Child Poverty ReportToronto, 3 Apr 08 Child poverty on rise in Ontario Progressively worse since '01: report - Hamilton SpecChild poverty on rise in Ontario Progressively worse since '01: report Street kids using crystal meth at 'alarming' rateInjection drug use is on the rise among street youth in
Vancouver, fuelled by alarming rates of crystal methamphetamine use,
a new study has found. £1.7bn pledged to fight child povertyGovernment will invest £1.7bn over the next two years to take 250,000 more children out of poverty How the budget can fight povertyChild poverty in Canada is a national disgrace. So, too, are homelessness and the lack of jobs that pay decent wages to hard-working people, which has led to a growing gap between the rich and poor. 
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