Showing posts with label homeless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homeless. Show all posts

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Take Off The Sandals, Put On The Boots, Do Up Your Zipper...

...get a pocket full of change, clean your binoculars and go exploring.

  Toronto's poor have been making ravines their home for decades.The secret life of Toronto’s ravines

From homeless camps to drain exploration, these rifts in the city nurture underground culture.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

One For The Good Guys And Gals

A year to remember the homeless

Lindsay Hogarth and Stephanie Holt are not your typical 22-year-old university students.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

As Tragic And As Sad As It May Be...

...how about the growing number of seniors who are just steps away from Gale and Ponytail?

Suburbia's hidden homeless

905 affluence masks a sub-culture of life on the streets

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Cottage Industry Benefits Social In-Activists

Adapting To The Times...

Homeless industry flourishes

Out for a lunchtime walk between Christmas and New Year's, I noticed a half-dozen homeless men, and as many beggars, parked on grates in the short trip down Bay St. from Queen to Wellington Sts.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

They Should Be....They Are High Risk And Their Meanderings Make Them A "Danger"

Has Public Health washed its hands of flu pandemic when it comes to Toronto’s homeless?

Old people. Pregnant women. Children. Health care workers.

Should homeless people be among those on the priority list for the H1N1 swine flu vaccine?

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Homeless Olympics

May 3, 2009| By 2010 Homelessness...|
Rabble.ca accepted the wooden spoon today as rabble joined the 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike relay.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Not A New Idea - Similar Concept Used In Galley Ships

Galley of the largest size, with five men on each oar

Pedal power to the people

Exercise bikes will light up shelter

By JENNY YUEN, SUN MEDIA

The Salvation Army Gateway shelter will soon be glowing with lights using pedal power from old exercise bikes.

The WeloBike project launches Feb. 12 at the Jarvis St. shelter and volunteers are needed to come in and pedal away for at least 30 minutes at a stretch.

That energy will be stored in an attached battery pack and used to light up the rooms.

"It brings a whole new meaning to the expression 'people power', " said WeloBike founder Cyril Guerette.

The initiative makes people aware of the work that goes into electricity production and how more energy efficient LEDs and Tungsten halogens are compared to regular light bulbs.

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