Tag: Encampments
St. Thomas: No one left behind in booming city’s ambitions
Action, not perfection, is key to progress on issues like homelessness, some say. This is Part Four of Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
London shelter blanches at latest city hall homeless funding plans
Eighty-eight shelter beds, more mobile outreach to London’s homeless encampments but limited money for daytime drop-in spots. City politicians will debate two staff recommendations to address London’s homelessness crisis over the next year that include enhanced support for people living rough and 88 shelter beds, but limited funding for existing day programs. The two […]
Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario. Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
Letters to the editor
Launch Pad decision devastating I am writing to express my profound disappointment with the recent decision to withdraw funding from the Launch Pad Skills Training & Technology Centre. This decision has had devastating consequences, resulting in the immediate closure of an invaluable resource for our youth and the broader community. The Launch Pad provided young […]
London gets $75K, St. Thomas $4.1M from new encampment fund
Amid a flurry of splashy pre-provincial election announcements, there’s one that’s landing with a relative thud in London, the city’s miniscule share of $75 million in new shelter and affordable housing funding.