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Nat'l housing strategy, not prisons, needed: Ex-mayor

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 3:17pm
By DHARM MAKWANA, 24 HOURS
 
How does the Olympic spirit seen in Vancouver translate into the lives of everyday people now that the Games are gone?
 
Senator Larry Campbell asked that question Thursday to people attending the Kettle Making a Difference Luncheon. For the former Vancouver mayor the answer is apparent.
 

The key to a new life

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:57pm
 
For the first time in more than a decade, Pat Bebonang has a key to his own place.
 
He had been living on the streets of Kamloops for the past four-and-a-half years, calling dumpsters and doorways home.
 
Before that, he spent his time couch surfing and living with friends.
 
For the first time in so many years, Bebonang is sober more often than not.
 
And the Henry Leland House, he says, helped him unlock his potential.
 

Condos give homeless hope

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 11:10pm
Mental health association comes to the rescue
By Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen

In late November, Buzz Dixon was considering a return to the streets where he had spent years as an injection drug user.

He felt it was his best option since his downtown apartment had become infested with bed bugs that plagued him. He couldn't afford a better place on his disability income. Yet Dixon, 50, knew a return to the street would also mean a return to hard drugs. He relapsed -- and overdosed -- just thinking about it.

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