Tag: Homeless
Letters to the Editor: January 14, 2023
Mykal in all of us
Gathering remembers ‘kind and gentle’ man who died by rail trail
People gathered Friday to remember and pay their respects to a homeless man who lived for years along the rail trail out past the hospital, and was found dead there by hikers Monday. Those who met in the chapel at Owen Sound hospital said his name was Wayne Milner. Police have not identified him but […]
Thames River flooding displaces homeless living in tent encampment
Ducks swam around submerged tents, shopping carts and other debris while two men tried to retrieve their water-logged belongings from the rising Thames River on Sunday. Chris, 29, and Kodi, 23, have been living in the makeshift encampment on the shore of the river at Ann Street Park, a couple blocks west of Richmond Row, […]
Letters to the Editor: December 17, 2022
Make room for more
Winter shelter, essential services launched for London’s homeless
The new supports being offered will give the roughly 400 people living on the streets of London a place to warm up, rest, shower, eat, and do laundry.
Letters to the Editor: November 12, 2022
Avoidable Regarding the article Police dog handler charged with assault in man’s arrest: SIU (Nov. 10) All the victim had to do was stop for police, yet he chose to run. The SIU’s decision to charge the officer plays directly into today’s prevailing attitude that ‘I can’t possibly be the author of my own misfortune, therefore […]
Letters to the Editor: November 11, 2022
Homeless, hopeless
Multi-agency, $5M expanded services to help support London’s homeless this winter
The enhanced winter response will include more temporary shelter options, more overnight resting spaces, and additional resources during cold weather alerts.
City chips in $25k for extended homeless drop-in centre winter hours
City council on Monday agreed to take $25,000 from an anticipated 2022 budget surplus and give it to Safe ‘n Sound, a homeless drop-in centre on 8th Street East in Owen Sound, to extend its winter hours from Nov. 14 through next March. Grey County is responsible for providing affordable, temporary and emergency housing for […]
Homeless situation in Grey County has become ‘more dire’
The majority of people identified as homeless in Grey County are local, contrary to some misconceptions, the county’s community services director said Thursday. Anne Marie Shaw confirmed the origin of homeless people in the county in an answer to a question from Owen Sound Deputy Mayor Brian O’Leary at county council Thursday. O’Leary wondered if […]