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The season of colours
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Yes, real fall weather is finally upon us. The leaves are quickly turning with the cool evenings and shorter days. The crisp, clear weather makes for some calm mornings, such as what you see here recently in Mitchell’s Bay.
What poverty means in Chatham-Kent
burger at a good price. that people on Ontario Whether it’s a good price Works or disability don’t Editor’s Note: In co-op- after a factoring in the do much, but when you’re eration with the Prosperity price of a cab or bus or a in this situation, there is Roundtable, The Chatham four-kilometre walk is an- tension on a daily basis.” Voice is profiling three mem- other matter. September has been a bers of the community who That’s the kind of de- good month for Patricia: live below the poverty line. cision Patricia, a grand- with less than a week to We have used pseudonyms mother on a disability go she has about $50 left to protect their privacy. pension, has to make all in her $1,300 per month A north side Chatham of the time. cheque. grocery store ham“I Voice know people thinkFull Colour Still, EOR#7694 making her way Run Date: Octhas 29, 2016 Chatham (10.333" x 2.143") The Chatham Voice
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across town to watch her granddaughter play elementary school sports is questionable. “Even when I have a couple of dollars left, which is rare, you never know what’s going to come up. When the money’s gone, it’s gone.” A bus driver for several years, Patricia gave up her
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job to care for her granddaughter eight years ago because there was no one else capable. “I don’t regret it because she’s family but it has been tough,” she said. Patricia believes the diagnosed conditions of depression and anxiety have been made worse by her situation.
“I want to get over this so I can get back to work. Ninety percent of the people I know on OW (Ontario Works) or disability want to be working.” She said the isolation caused by not having a car or being able to afford to get around makes the situation worse.
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