Tag: Homeless
Brother mourns slain London woman as memorial unveiled: ‘I loved my sister’
The grieving brother of slain London woman Cheryl Sheldon says he wishes he could have done something to prevent her death.
Canada Life gives $100K to Children’s Museum push to open by year’s end
An insurance giant has pledged as much as $100,000 to the London Children’s Museum after officials made a seven-figure plea for support in order to open in its new location by year’s end as scheduled.
Oxford partners with non-profit to help maintain homeless shelter services
Oxford County is reinforcing its bond with a non-profit organization dedicated to tackling homelessness.
Dozens displaced as encampment near Blackfriars Bridge shut down
Outreach workers say the city has put lives at greater risk by shutting down a large homeless encampment along the Thames River in London
ANALYSIS: Why London has no winter homelessness plan beyond Dec. 31
City officials say they’ve got homeless Londoners living outside â more than 180 at last count â covered for the first part of winter.
Grassroots group aims to collect 100,000 of these for London’s homeless
Minutes earlier, 519 Pursuit’s Michelle Boissonneault and Patty O’Neill had finished handing lunches to homeless campers at Watson Street Park. “We ran out of meals. We had to turn people away today,” Boissonneault said, as she and O’Neill posed for a photograph. That’s the level of need hundreds of Londoners are facing as winter approaches, […]
Demand growing among homeless, hungry, groups warn
Downtown Owen Sound’s soup kitchen will have served as many meals this year by Thursday as it served in all of 2023. “We have seen a drastic increase in the number of people that are coming for meals,” said Colleen Trask Seaman, the executive director at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort, or OSHaRE, at […]
Plan for homeless ‘hub’ draws backing from Oxford County politicians
An organizationâs push to have Oxford County council endorse a homeless and addiction treatment facility in its region has received support from politicians.
Addiction treatment a life-saver for hospital patients with heart infections: Study
Hospitals can save lives by providing addiction treatment to patients suffering heart infections, a first-of-its-kind study in London and Regina has concluded. The same study found that women, and urban women in particular, who inject drugs die at a higher rate than men from the heart valve infection called endocarditis. Pregnant women and their babies […]