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EXCLUSIVE: Indigenous transit riders are ticketed and warned at a rate more than seven times their share of Edmonton's population, recent statistics obtained by the @EdmontonJournal show.
#yeg #yegtransit #yegplan #yegcc #yegpoverty
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
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I spent the last month digging into the data and speaking to advocates about systemic racism on #yegtransit and the importance of mobility for equity. I'll be threading the urgent points I think this piece brings to light here throughout the day #yeg #yegcc #yegpoverty #yegplan
@edmontonjournal First of all, these numbers aren't *news* for Indigenous people living in Edmonton, even if they are newly reported. “It’s very, very commonly known within Indigenous people,”said Dusty LeGrande, a director at iHuman #yeg #yegtransit 
#yeg residents can’t get to the grocery store. So instead, the grocery is coming to them.
I’m not talking shop and click. These are honest-to-goodness, pick apples off the cart shops carrying produce at less than supermarket prices.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
#yegcc #yegfood
I’m not talking shop and click. These are honest-to-goodness, pick apples off the cart shops carrying produce at less than supermarket prices.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
#yegcc #yegfood
It’s being run as a social enterprise to deliver fresh fruit and vegetables into the heart of Edmonton’s food deserts.
It’s a concept that’s already taken off in Calgary.
Fresh Routes Calgary now trucks veggies to 60 different locations, partnering with H&W Produce & others.
It’s a concept that’s already taken off in Calgary.
Fresh Routes Calgary now trucks veggies to 60 different locations, partnering with H&W Produce & others.
.@FreshRoutes sets up near seniors homes, affordable housing complexes and low-income neighbourhoods without a grocery store within walking distance.
They work with local community ambassadors to promote the market and add a social component to the weekly gathering.
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They work with local community ambassadors to promote the market and add a social component to the weekly gathering.
#yegpoverty
