Tag: Homeless
City looks to revive program to get homeless into housing, at cost of $4.5M
More than three years after a pilot program started, city housing staff are looking for $4.5 million to dust off a program that helped pay rent for homeless Londoners. One proposal in the 2024-27 draft budget calls for the permanent reintroduction of a revamped head lease program, where the city takes on the lease for […]
Letters to the Editor: December 9, 2023
Waste of space
Letters to the Editor: December 1, 2023
Multiple green bins
Safe ‘n Sound now open all day and night to meet need
The first night that Safe ‘n Sound drop-in centre in Owen Sound was open overnight this fall, 23 people came. It was Wednesday, the day after a snowstorm hit Grey-Bruce on Halloween night. The next night 15 people showed up. For 15 years, Safe ‘n Sound has run a drop-in centre for homeless people and […]
Walk for OSHaRE Friday to help feed those in need
There’s still time to support Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort’s annual fundraising walk Friday afternoon, then tour a new food-sharing hub downtown. OSHaRE gives free meals to hundreds of people twice a day, six days a week in downtown Owen Sound. It aims to raise about $350,000 every year, said Colleen Trask-Seaman, the charitable […]
A $25M donation to aid London’s homeless, and the group in charge of it
A $25-million private donation to ease homelessness in London has raised hopes, but also questions.
Sally Ann is seeing unprecedented demand for help
Local demand for emergency food aid has never been so great, the Owen Sound Salvation Army food bank co-ordinator said Friday. In a week when owners of Kelseys restaurant donated about 1,100 pounds of frozen meat to the food bank after a fire Tuesday, Alice Wannan said that food will be “hugely impactful for the […]
Letters to the Editor: August 3, 2023
Psych care needed
Court records detail ‘violent’ attack that led to homeless camp teardown
A hammer and a wooden plank were allegedly used in an assault that prompted authorities in St. Thomas to dismantle a homeless encampment this month, court records show. Four St. Thomas residents, aged 30 to 38, were charged in the fallout of what police and municipal officials described as a “violent assault” that triggered the […]
In 10-4 vote, city council approves groundbreaking homeless plan
London’s homeless hubs plan is one step closer to reality. London city council approved the plan’s principles and next steps at its meeting Tuesday evening, late in a marathon session that lasted nearly nine hours. In a 10-4 vote, council directed staff to begin determining the locations of the first five hubs and the agencies […]