Pages tagged "homelessness"

Jamila Douhaibi by
August 13, 2015

Back to the land

Transformation grows at Woodwynn Farms
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Katie Hyslop by
December 22, 2014

With no poverty reduction plan, B.C.'s the odd one out

It’s a much-talked-about fact that B.C.’s poverty rates have been among the highest in Canada for over a decade. But inequality in this province is making headlines again as B.C. has become the only Canadian province without a poverty reduction plan.
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Stefania Seccia by
November 12, 2014

Aging Out Too Young - foster youth need more supports

Before his 16th birthday, Ivery Castilloux lived through 11 different foster homes—more homes than many people inhabit in a lifetime. He lived with and was taken away from his mother’s care nine times, attended several different schools, and bounced between social workers across the Lower Mainland.
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Katie Hyslop by
November 07, 2014

Could permanent tent cities be a better solution than shelters?

Over 200 campers were evicted from 
a tent city in Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park last month, four months after the first tents were pitched. Another, smaller group of campers remains in Abbotsford’s Jubilee Park while they fight for their right to camp in BC Supreme Court.
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Katie Hyslop by
November 07, 2014

Chamber of commerce makes Victoria homelessness, panhandling an election issue

Panhandling and visible homelessness in the Victoria’s downtown core
isn’t just bad for society. According
to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, it’s bad for business, too.
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