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- Nov 25, 2024
Calgary's Living Wage is $24.45
Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC), in collaboration with the Alberta Living Wage Network (ALWN), releases a new living wage for 2024.
- Oct 30, 2024
Calgary’s Latest Policies on Transit, Housing, and Social Welfare
VCC Weighs in on Transit Regulations, Housing Access, and Economic Challenges for Calgarians
- Oct 18, 2024
Calgary's Housing and Food Crisis Top of Mind
Meaghon Reid emphasizes the urgency of addressing Calgary's affordability issue
- Jun 5, 2024
'Hope on the horizon': Interest rate cut welcome but unlikely to have immediate impact on affordability
Meaghon Reid commented on how the interest rate cut is hopeful but will take time to show an effect on those living in poverty.
- May 28, 2024
Calgary social disorder on the rise
VCC released a new report on social disorder in Calgary
- May 22, 2024
The high cost of rent
Meaghon Reid spoke with Judy Aldous on Alberta at Noon about the increasing rent prices in Alberta
- May 15, 2024
Calgary's affordability advantage slipping away
Meaghon Reid weighs in on the prices of everything going up and Calgary losing it's affordability advantage
- May 9, 2024
Calgary Has Lost 1,500 Non-market Rentals Since 2021
Meaghon Reid spoke about the fact that many units have fallen into state of disrepair that makes them uninhabitable.
- Apr 30, 2024
Low income transit pass provincial funding stripped from Calgary, Edmonton
Meaghon Reid spoke about the cut to Calgary's Low-Income Transit Pass
- Mar 21, 2024
With federal minimum wage rising, will Alberta follow? Nope
VCC discusses minimum and living wages with CTV News Calgary
- Mar 19, 2024
Alberta tops list of people doing 'gig work' as main job
Meaghon Reid spoke with CBC why we may have seen a rise in gig based work in Alberta
- Feb 25, 2024
Alberta intends to opt out of national pharmacare plan
VCC weighs in on the consequences for people living on lower incomes
- Feb 19, 2024
Raising the minimum wage?
Vibrant Communities Calgary says modest living wage would actually be $23.70 per hour
- Jan 31, 2024
Homelessness in Calgary: CBC
Meaghon Reid spoke with CBC News about the number of people at extreme risk of homelessness in Calgary
- Jan 9, 2024
AISH caseloads have ballooned over the past decade. What's driving that?
Lee Stevens discussed social safety nets and the unique challenges faced in Alberta.
- Jan 2, 2024
Calgarians to pay more at the pumps and on property taxes in 2024
Meaghon Reid discusses the rise in prices that were ushered in on January 1, 2024 in Calgary and Alberta.
- Dec 27, 2023
Program for low-income Calgarians to apply for city discounts grows by 34% in 2023
VCC's Meaghon Reid discusses the Fair Entry program and how it may be helping Calgarians budget with increasing cost of living
- Dec 15, 2023
Alberta dentists worry new federal plan will add more work, confusion and costs
VCC's Meaghon Reid discusses the importance of the program while stressing that low barriers to access will be key
- Dec 12, 2023
Concerns raised about the vulnerable in the cold after Calgary shed fire
VCC's Lee Stevens discusses the concerns about vulnerable populations and shelter spaces with CityNews Calgary
- Dec 8, 2023
It now costs more to afford basic necessities in Calgary than in Vancouver, Toronto: StatsCan
Meaghon Reid says Alberta has some of the highest income inequality in Canada
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