Tag: Homeless
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 […]
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 […]