Tag: Homeless
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 […]