Homeless

The centre is close to three schools in a densely populated area, say 17 residents in a letter to officials at the city. Author of the article: Jacquie Miller A fenced-in area outside Le Patro d'Ottawa community centre on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. The centre has been turned into an…

Our view: Oxford Mail editorial comment/ leader column THE traditional sceptical reaction to homeless people, and rough sleepers especially, is to simply sneer ‘why don’t they just get a job?’ Attempts to answer that simple question have filled countless books, Government reports, newspapers articles and television documentaries. Indeed, there are…

"We're not asking people to feel bad or guilty, but we are asking them to just see the humanity and worthiness and dignity in everyone." Author of the article: Lynn Giesbrecht Blair Roberts, communications officer for the John Howard Society of Saskatchewan, poses for a photo near his home. The…

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"I was working in an office, for an oil company," says Jack McEwan, hirsute frontman and lead songwriter of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets over videochat, what with the whole pandemic thing, and him living in Perth, Australia. "I’d be getting eagled, mightily eagled at this dealer’s house regularly from Friday to…

Author of the article: Nick Brancaccio Helping hands. Members of the Windsor Sports and Culture Centre and the local Sikh and Indian communities donated sleeping bags, dry goods, hand sanitizer and face masks to Street Help on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Local members of the Sikh community also helped unload…

February 3, 2021 | 2:35pm | Updated February 3, 2021 | 2:35pm Enlarge Image NYC has postponed by a week the move-in date for a new homeless shelter that will be located at the Lower East Side Blue Moon Hotel shelter Alamy Stock Photo The city has postponed by a…

Few figures in recent American history have found a smoother path to power than California Governor Gavin Newsom. His father, a state appeals judge appointed during Jerry Brown’s first stint as governor, had enviably close ties to the Getty dynasty: He administered the family trust and helped to deliver the…

Professor Magaji Garba, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University (FUGUS) Gusau, in Zamfara State, has revealed that armed bandits operating in the northwest geopolitical zone of the country have killed over 30,000 and rendered more than 3million people homeless. The VC disclosed this during the 1st National Conference on armed banditry and…

Author of the article: Julie Kotsis  •  Windsor Star Folks like you and I. Local photographer and author Douglas MacLellan has published a new book on the homeless who frequent Windsor's Downtown Mission, called The Mission. In the book, MacLellan focuses on some of the visitors and staff. Photo by…