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Local downtown businesses are affected by homelessness crisis

Local downtown businesses are affected by homelessness crisis

🕔10:53, 10.Mar 2023

According to Homeless Hub.com, there are at least 251 people experiencing homelessness in Windsor as of 2021.  Some downtown business owners feel sympathy for them.  “I see them sitting down there, across the street,” said Milad Hourani, the owner of

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New additions to the mission with the hope of cleaning up the downtown area.

New additions to the mission with the hope of cleaning up the downtown area.

🕔11:49, 3.Mar 2023

 By Joelle Brassard City councilman Renaldo Agostino of Ward 3 has proposed some new additions to the outside area of the Downtown Mission to improve the overall quality of the area.   New additions include portable washrooms, lighting, fencing and

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Local shelters concerned as winter weather approaches

Local shelters concerned as winter weather approaches

🕔14:49, 19.Nov 2022

The fall months are hectic in many community shelters around Windsor-Essex, according to volunteers. Harsh, below-freezing temperatures during the winter make it nearly impossible for someone without proper shelter to survive outdoors. Shelters all over the county are preparing themselves

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Indigenous homelessness, the unseen struggle

Indigenous homelessness, the unseen struggle

🕔20:41, 19.Dec 2021

By Caleb Coulter and Ravishan Wijemanne Windsor’s Indigenous population are disproportionately affected by homelessness. According to this year’s Point-in-Time Count, 22 per cent of Windsor’s homeless were Indigenous People. This statistic is severe considering Indigenous people are only 1.4 per

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Housing cost key factor in Windsor’s homelessness, say stakeholders

🕔14:03, 1.Mar 2020

More often than not, it is said that people shy away from the truth which to a great extent has become their reality. It becomes easier to be in denial when you become vulnerable to something out of your control.

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City’s homeless brace for the cold: ‘Winter is coming’

City’s homeless brace for the cold: ‘Winter is coming’

🕔20:29, 19.Nov 2018

By Reem Kodmany The city’s homeless and the agencies that serve them are getting ready for a long, cold winter. “I need money to buy clothes and I need to feel just warm,” said Rahan Tale. “Winter is coming. Last

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Advocates walk to sound alarm on homelessness emergency

Advocates walk to sound alarm on homelessness emergency

🕔09:34, 2.Oct 2018

By Alyssa Leonard Tracey Rogers was cold, hungry and struggling with addiction and mental health issues on the streets of Toronto before transitional housing helped turn her life around. The Windsor woman told her powerful comeback story to more than

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Everyone pleased with mission move

Everyone pleased with mission move

🕔13:58, 23.Mar 2018

By Cody Wall The Downtown Mission of Windsor is scheduled to move in 2019 and residents in the area and The Mission all agree that it is for the best. Due to a shortage of space, the Mission recently purchased

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Windsor: featuring Jagmeet Singh

Windsor: featuring Jagmeet Singh

🕔12:52, 8.Dec 2017

By Noah Gecelovsky The newly-elected leader of the New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh visited his hometown of Windsor, Ont. on Dec. 1. Singh met with MPs Brian Masse and Tracey Ramsey and talked about both Windsor’s problems and potential. He

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Windsor homelessness at crisis level

Windsor homelessness at crisis level

🕔11:54, 8.Dec 2017

By: Noah Gecelovsky   Homelessness in Windsor is a rising problem that continues to go overlooked by many across the province.  The most recent example of neglect in dealing with the homeless situation comes from the provincial government denying Windsor’s application for the $200 million fund created to combat homelessness across Ontario.  According

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