Just two years ago, in January 2015, the unemployment rate in Alberta was hovering around 4.6%. Today, it is about double that at 8.8%.

Statistics like these do little to describe the extent of the hardship some Albertans are facing these days. Fortunately organizations like the Canadian Poverty Institute at Ambrose University are searching for solutions to end poverty in Canada.
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NewScoop YYC, the Canadian Poverty Institute and Ambrose University are looking forward to hosting Peter Block, John McKnight, and Walter Brueggemann along with our friends and colleagues in a conversation about An Other Kingdom. As a prelude to this event on September 12, NewScoop YYC is touching base with each of the authors for an
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