London Free Press

Grassroots group aims to collect 100,000 of these for London’s homeless

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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, […]

London Free Press

Proposed Old East Village shelter expansion meets heavy community resistance

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The future of nearly 100 shelter beds for the city’s homeless remains unclear after an outpouring of frustration from Old East Village residents and businesses during public engagement meetings. Around 100 residents and business owners were present at the Old East Village Market Wednesday evening. The topic of conversation: a $4.3 million a year proposal […]