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Homelessness News FeedMarch 20, 2007 - 12:39pm
The following articles are fed through PovNet from outside mainstream and independent news sites, advocacy organizations, non-profits and government sites with the keywords homelessness and homeless. These stories are not moderated and do not necessarily reflect the views of PovNet. Paul inquiry closes with questions left unansweredVANCOUVER - The Frank Paul Inquiry closed Friday facing the
possibility that it might never get to examine all the circumstances
surrounding Paul's death, which has become a cause celebre for
anti-poverty and aboriginal groups concerned with the treatment of
the homeless and addicted by the Vancouver police. Almost 5 million Chinese homeless after quake: officialsNearly five million people have been left homeless by a deadly earthquake that devastated China's southwest region four days ago, killing more than 22,000 people, Chinese officials said. Pastor won't stop feeding homelessABBOTSFORD -- An Abbotsford pastor says he won't stop feeding
the hungry in a downtown park just because a business group has
demanded that he stop. Pastor refuses to stop feeding homelessABBOTSFORD - A pastor is refusing a request by city officials
to stop serving food to homeless people in a downtown park. Stop feeding homeless in city park, Abbotsford councillors tell pastorA church pastor in Abbotsford has been told not to feed the homeless in a city park after residents and businesses complained that drug addicts and aggressive panhandlers were overrunning the park. Homeless man's death haunts officer, inquiry toldVANCOUVER - There was no doubt Vancouver Const. David Instant
played a significant role in the tragic death of Frank Paul,
something that will haunt him forever, the Frank Paul inquiry was
told Wednesday. Elections Act Changes will Prevent Homeless from VotingVancouver – Pivot Legal Society, VANDU, the BC Civil Liberties Association and the Impact on Communities Coalition are calling into question the constitutionality of new amendments to the Elections Act which will place greater restrictions on the right of homeless and low-income people to vote. 2.5m Burmese may be homelessUN humanitarian affairs chief says between 1.6 million and 2.5 million people without shelter after cyclone Cops expect 1 or 2 more calls a day if shelter builtVictoria police expect to receive one or two additional calls
for service to the Rock Bay area each day if a new emergency
homeless shelter is built on the site of an Ellice Street park. The
police currently receive six to seven calls for service to the area
each day; they expect that could increase to seven to nine calls a
day. Incorrect information appeared in a page A1 story yesterday. Redeye - Co-op Radio: Homeless count in VancouverVancouverand#039;s recent homeless count only showed the tip of the iceberg of the problem of homelessness in the Lower Mainland. Left homeless by fireA house fire in the 3300-block Westminster Highway early
yesterday has left a mother and two children homeless. Richmond
Fire-Rescue deputy fire chief Stuart Corrigal said the house where
the fire originated is likely a writeoff, while the neighbour's roof
will need substantial repairs. Both homes are fairly new. A cause of
the blaze has not yet been determined. Neighbours skeptical of shelter planLocating an emergency homeless shelter at the site of an
Ellice Street park is not the best choice for an already troubled
area, residents told a neighbourhood association meeting last night. THE ONTARIO LIBERALS AND ‘POVERTY REDUCTION’Are they Trying or Lying? By the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty The McGuinty Liberals have jumped onto the very overcrowded bandwagon of ‘Poverty Reduction’. They have set up a process of highly selective consultation to ‘define the problem’. Then, they tell us, they will ‘set targets’ to reduce poverty and implement a package of reforms to that effect. Implied in all this is an expectation that we should accept it as a good faith initiative. In fact, we are expected to play along and wait patiently for the eventual benefits that will, The first thing that needs to be said is that an uncritical acceptance Perhaps we should just take a glimpse at how the Liberals have dealt Homeless sign up for mobile phones in gift-card scamA mission in inner-city Winnipeg and a local electronics store are trying to sort out an unusual scam that saw dozens of homeless people sign up for cellphone contracts. Government of Canada Supports Newfoundland and Labrador Women's OrganizationsUS aid flight reaches BurmaPlane touches down more than a week after cyclone Nargis left tens of thousands dead and an estimated 1.9 million homeless Blaze ruins girl's birthday; clan homelessIt's hard enough for these parents of five children, with another on the way, to find $650 for rent each month. It was even harder to explain Friday afternoon to their two-year-old daughter Channelle that the flames she was seeing on her birthday weren't her cake candles. Around 3 p.m., Frank and Lois Fraser watched firefighters battle a blaze as it devastated their three-storey rental home at 149 Sherbrook St. They were celebrating their daughter Channelle's second birthday when one of her teen sisters smelled smoke and alerted her parents, who escaped from the building. Referendum vote begins in Burma amid devastationVoting on a referendum for a proposed new constitution has begun in Burma even as the country continues to struggle with devastation wreaked by a cyclone that left thousands dead and about one million homeless. Fire-hit North Van apartment won't be habitable for a yearA tragic fire that caused the death of three elderly female
residents of a North Vancouver city apartment Tuesday has left the
other residents homeless. Aid comes slowly for cyclone victimsBANGKOK -- With up to 100,000 dead and one million homeless,
aid is slowly making its way to victims of cyclone Nagris in
Myanmar, but the country's military regime continued Thursday to
stall many foreign efforts. 
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