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Poor and homeless face discrimination from downtown ambassadors, complaint says

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

VANCOUVER - A program to remove panhandlers and homeless people from streets and parks amounts to "systemic discrimination," says a complaint filed Thursday with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

Panhandlers supported

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

VANCOUVER -- A program to remove panhandlers and homeless people from shopping areas and parks amounts to "systemic discrimination," says a complaint filed yesterday with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. The complaint by the Pivot Legal Society and other groups takes aim at the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association's Downtown Ambassadors Program. Program employees dispense information to tourists and try to deter petty crime, vandalism and aggressive panhandling.

Big Issue to be sold on streets of India

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:34:30 -0700

The magazine for the homeless is taking on its biggest challenge yet by launching in a country with 170 million people without proper homes. By Damien Francis

Campers ousted from park

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

BURNABY - Burnaby RCMP have swept the homeless out of Central Park, and the Progressive Housing Society is trying to find homes for some of them.

City meets to discuss poverty reduction: Two homeless men die just blocks away

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:57:23 -0700

Join us THURSDAY, July 17th, to protest the city’s refusal to address poverty in our community and to speak out against the recent deaths of two homeless men who died last week in our community.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 17, 2008
TIME: 11 AM
LOCATION: Queen and Sherbourne St.

On Monday, July 7, around supper time, Biniyam Selleshi, a young Ethiopian man in his mid- twenties was found dead in the Salvation Army Maxwell Meighen Hostel. On Thursday morning, July 10, Denis Bowen, 42, a native man known to many of us in the community, died outside a social housing building at 200 Sherbourne St.

The Government of Canada Delivers Support to Combat Homelessness in Saskatoon

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:24:43 -0700

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan--(July 16, 2008) - Families and individuals in Saskatoon working to break free from the cycles of homelessness and poverty and build a stronger future for themselves are getting help from the Government of Canada.

The Government of Canada delivers support to combat homelessness in Saskatoon

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:16:00 -0700

Homeless population tops 4,000 in Calgary

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

CALGARY -- Calgary's homeless population has reached more than 4,000 -- an increase of 18.2 per cent since 2006, according to this year's homeless count.

Drug use, prostitution and homelessness huge worry for Vancouverites

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

Drug dealing, prostitution and homelessness are bigger worries for Vancouverites than residents of any other Canadian city.

Urban residents complain about 'social incivility'

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

Most Canadians think their neighbourhoods are safe and pleasant places to live, but one in five is concerned about "social incivility," ranging from noisy neighbours to drunkenness, drug use and homelessness, a new report from Statistics Canada finds.

Incivility a concern for Canadians

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

Life term for elderly US killers

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:20 -0700

Two elderly women are jailed for life for murdering homeless men to collect life insurance payments.

Businessman's loan saves homeless family shelter

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:31:10 -0700

A day after the province refused to give Inn from the Cold a funding grant, a philanthropist has stepped in with a $2.5-million loan to help the Calgary group buy a shelter for homeless families and children.

Homeless families on rise in Calgary

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:08:52 -0700

More than 4,000 people in Calgary do not have a home, including almost 200 families with one or more children, according to a new city survey.

Province rejects funding for homeless family shelter

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:17:46 -0700

The Alberta government has turned down a $2-million request from a Calgary homeless group to help buy a building to shelter families.

disRespect - OCAP at Allen Gardens and City Hall, Segment 1

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:37:58 -0700

Toronto is reducing shelter beds and moving subsidized tenants increasingly to the periphery of the city. Gaetan Heroux discusses what this means for his homeless clients, and what this means for activists who support them.

Victoria funds services for homeless in four more communities

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0700

Mission, Hope, Cranbrook and Revelstoke will soon have homeless outreach services, Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman announced Friday.

Homeless Outreach Expands to Four More Communities

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:30:00 -0700

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
2008HSD0020-001085
July 11, 2008

Ministry of Housing and Social Development

VICTORIA Homeless outreach services will soon be provided in Cranbrook, Revelstoke, Mission and Hope, bringing the number of communities served by the Homeless Outreach Program up to 47, Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman announced today.

HOMELESS OUTREACH EXPANDS TO HOPE

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:26:09 -0700

HOPE – The provincial Homeless Outreach Program will be expanding to Hope, with an expressions of interest call being issued to local non-profit societies to submit proposals to operate homeless outreach services, Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman announced.

HOMELESS OUTREACH EXPANDS TO MISSION

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:22:22 -0700

MISSION – The provincial Homeless Outreach Program will be expanding to Mission, with an expressions of interest call being issued to local non-profit societies to submit proposals to operate homeless outreach services, Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Randy Hawes announced.