I saw this story on the Country 94 news blog and thought it was a good sign.
[STATS CANADA DATA SHOWS POSITIVE SIGN FOR POVERTY]
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POVERTY LEVELS IN SAINT JOHN ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT. NEW DATA FROM STATS CANADA SHOWS AN IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH THE LOWER SOUTH END AND OLD NORTH END. THE PER CENTAGE OF PEOPLE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE HAS DROPPED FROM 27 PER CENT IN 1996 TO 20.8 PER CENT IN 2006. URBAN RESEARCHER WITH UNBSJ, KURT PEACOCK, TELLS CHSJ NEWS THE NEWS ISN'T SO GOOD FOR THE CROWN STREET AREA. THE 2006 STATS SHOW PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE ACTUALLY POORER THAN THEY WERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
PEACOCK SAYS THE GENERALLY POSITIVE DATA IS A RESULT OF THE GROWING ECONOMY IN SAINT JOHN.
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