Tag: Homeless
Gurstein: Dismantling encampments dehumanizes homeless even more
If cities don’t want homeless encampments they should help people, not punish them
City, church still talking after deadline in dispute over homeless outreach
The deadline for a homeless meal service to comply with city bylaws has passed, with two sides in the dispute still talking. “As long as we continue to work with the city, we will find a way through,” Sarah Campbell, executive director of Ark Aid Street Mission, said Thursday. In a statement to The London […]
Letters to the Editor: October 6, 2022
Bad-driver bonanza
Thanksgiving food drive feeds city homeless and financially stretched
The Salvation Army in Owen Sound doesn’t send out brown paper bags to fill anymore but its Thanksgiving Food drive is still its most significant food drive of the year. People continue to donate food, left in grocery store bins, which are emptied twice daily this time of year. Meanwhile, homelessness and high prices are […]
Letters to the Editor: October 4, 2022
We’ll miss Ernie
Need for OSHaRE greater than ever, board member said
With OSHaRE feeding around 300 people a day, many of them twice a day, the organization needs to raise around $300,000 this year to cover expenses. Dozens of Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort supporters took to their feet Friday afternoon on one of two five-kilometre fundraising walks which started behind city hall. Last year’s […]
Letters to the Editor: September 14, 2022
Vote for core action
Letters to the Editor: August 10, 2022
Stonewalling
Homeless advocates moving forward with hunger strike
A planned hunger strike is still a go for next week following a “sorely disappointing” meeting between #TheForgotten519 and city officials Tuesday.
Owen Sound to look at providing downtown toilet open 24/7
City council agreed Monday to look at providing a public toilet that would be available around the clock, after a man asked for one on behalf of homeless people. Council quickly agreed after Ray Botten, a sometimes controversial local advocate of homeless people and one-time mayoral candidate, addressed council during a public question period. “We […]