KoLiN's blog

The video I posted today may be the last one you'll be seeing from me for a while. I've accepted a contract position as a Follow-up Housing Support Worker with an agency in the downtown east side of Toronto.

[ocap] Thursday: Emergency: Hostel Beds are Full

Emergency – Hostel Beds are Full

Committee Room 1
City Hall
11am
Thursday, February 21, 2008

In the past 2 years 300 beds have been removed from Toronto’s hostel system

Four people from OCAP and TDRC investigated the hostel system Monday
February 18, 2008. They visited hostels and made phone calls throughout
the evening to assess Toronto’s hostel bed capacity. They also
interviewed people in the streets about their situation. By 10:50pm there
were no hostel beds for men or couples in the whole hostel system,

Military preparing to commit `thousands' to secure 2010 Games

Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

VANCOUVER - The military is preparing to commit "thousands" of troops to
ensure security at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the Forces' Pacific coast
commanding officer said today.

Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile told a Delta Chamber of Commerce audience that he
already has 25 people at his "joint task force games" headquarters in
Esquimalt, a number that will quadruple by this summer.

In addition, members of the military are also participating in the Games'

Last Thursday about 150 anti-war pro-housing advocates rallied out front of Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's office, located on the 24th floor of the Sun Life building at 150 King St. W., in the heart of the financial district of downtown Toronto.

CANADA: High Housing Prices Swell Ranks of Homeless
By Am Johal

VANCOUVER, Feb 12 (IPS) - Canada is continuing to see increases in homelessness and precarious housing situations across the country as rents increase and incomes stay level, but intergovernmental bickering over housing policy is overshadowing the need to take leadership on the issue, according to critics.

On February 21st, hand over your lunch money to Second Harvest!

TORONTO, Feb. 12 /CNW/ - On February 21st, Second Harvest is asking
Torontonians to donate what they'd spend on lunch to help feed those in need.
Hundreds of volunteers will be collecting at subway stations and about
200 companies and schools will be running a campaign in an effort to meet this
year's goal of $380,000. Mayor David Miller has declared February 21st
officially as Lunch Money Day.
"The need for food support in our city is tremendous, and Second Harvest