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Montreal is a city of about 3.5 million people. Ten years ago, about 28,000 people used Montreal's shelters and food banks in one year. Current, accurate stats are hard to get - though estimates range anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 people in the city have no fixed address. Montreal is famous for its freezing, snowy winters, but less known for how its shelters fill up to capacity and people with nowhere to go are turned away in this weather. Montreal is also famous for its many summer festivals, and less known for its laws ensuring that homeless people can be ticketed for loitering in "public" parks, and jailed for not paying these tickets. When festival season and tourists descend upon the city, these arrests go way up. At Homeless Nation, we suggest that more affordable housing might be a better long-term solution. Just sayin'.
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MANIFESTATION POUR UNE POLITIQUE EN ITINÉRANCE
2009.06.17, 12:00 PMCe vendredi 19 juin 2009 à 11h00, le Réseau SOLIDARITÉ Itinérance du Québec (RSIQ) et ses membres se rendront au bureau de comté de Gerry Sklavounos, député libéral de Laurier-Dorion.7665, boul. Saint-Laurent, entre Faillon et Villeray, Métro Castelnau, Montréalviews -
Earth Hour Canada & WorldWide!
2009.03.26, 09:56 PMMontréal's skyline will go dark for Earth Hour It's time to turn off and take action against climate change. Montréal will join millions around the world who will turn off their lights on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm during Earth Hour. Celebrate Earth Hour with Ideas in the Dark. This event brings together artists, music by local bands, a brainstorm session among prominent thinkers identifying new solutions to help the environment, all created in the dark. Check out www.ideasinthedark.ca - the first web site that can only be read when the lights are off. All documents, photos and videos produced during this event will be posted on Facebook. It will only be readable in the dark. Date: Saturday, March 28 Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Location: La Societe des art technologiques (SAT), Montreal L'Heure pour la Terre au Canada Éteignez vos lumières à 20 h 30 le samedi 28 mars 2009. Des millions de Canadiens éteindront leurs lumières le 28 mars pendant l'Heure de la Terre pour signifier qu'ils soutiennent la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Cette année, nous souhaitons faire de l'Heure pour la Terre un événement encore plus important mais nous avons besoin de votre aide pour ce faire! Encouragez vos amis et votre famille à participer. Faites participer votre entreprise ou votre milieu de travail.70 views
City News
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Le Barreau du Québec réclame une politique globale pour contrer l’itinérance
5 Jan 2010 - 9:14am214 views -
ATSA 2009 - Festival raises awareness about homeless
26 Nov 2009 - 6:23pm185 views -
Montreal Homeless Man Dies in Fire
28 Oct 2009 - 9:27am335 views -
10 years for men who killed Michel Fortier
25 Sep 2009 - 10:33am429 views -
Montreal's red-light district going dark
31 Aug 2009 - 1:26am772 views
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Pls Help SPREAD the WORD - Radio Marathon for Homeless in 2 weeks!
everyone, the 2010 Homelessness Marathon needs your assistance!
can you help with distributing any info for the marathon, happening feb 23-24th?
here you can find:
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A question to homeless.
In the past ten years of the first decade of this new age of aquarius and what not. Millenium, Y2k-isms.
1 Feb 2010 - 7:41pm133 views -
Is playing the "man's" silly beaucratic games for service more or less the same for mental illness and
I'm currently going to play the man's silly games. In the words of "conery" to "Trebec" (SNL Jeapordy skits). "I'll play your game you rogue".
25 Jan 2010 - 8:48pm137 views
