Tag: homelessness
Letters to the Editor: November 4, 2023
Investment in peril
A nearly $1.7 million ask from downtown businesses for city money to cope with homelessness may get some tough questions from city politicians, said deputy mayor Shawn Le
A recommendation for the city to give $1.7 million to businesses in downtown London and Old East Village to cope with homelessness may get some tough questions from city politicians, London’s deputy mayor says. If the London downtown business association and Old East Village business improvement area (BIA) get cash, the Argyle and Hamilton Road […]
St. Thomas forum puts faces to homelessness
Why give pocket change to someone living on the street, if they’re only going to spend it on drugs or alcohol? Answer: Because for whatever they need in the moment, it just might provide some temporary relief.
Homelessness, hope and a platform to share stories about ‘losing it all’
Homeless for five years, and addicted to drugs three times that long, Bobby Wiens knows how people living on the street are looked down upon.
Canada Life president on helming London’s homeless fundraising team
As head of one of Canada’s largest companies, Jeff Macoun works in the same corner office in downtown London that his predecessors have used since 1927.