RISE - Norfolk

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'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who are waiting for this benefit as a lifeline," Rabia Khedr, national director of Disability Without Pov...

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Here’s why the conversation about the cost of food doesn’t stop at the end of the grocery checkout Canada's Food Price Report for 2023 indicated that the average family of four spends about $1,350/month on the...

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Freeland announces $199 million in support for low-income renters, shelters The measures come as the government faces increasing pressure to address skyrocketing rent prices and help communities struggling with homelessness.

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Great first day planting!

We'll be here all afternoon, if your free we would love some more help! 266 chapel St Simcoe. Search "Simcoe Food Forest" on Google maps.

Here is the much awaited food forest plan for Waterworks Park.
Just under a 1/4 of an acre and all the plants have been donated! The plan tomorrow is to get the fruit and berry bushes planted from Eising Greenhouses & Garden Centre , Schuyler Farms Ltd and Carolinian Canada Coalition

Then we will fill in with the rest of the vegetative/herbal & root layer either later this fall or in the spring. The spicebush and sassafras will be added in once we are able to propagate/transplant them.

Hope to see you this Saturday Oct 28th at 11am 266 Chapel St!

Very exciting to finally be breaking ground!