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A strike by 60 Salvation Army employees at a downtown shelter has been averted — for now. “We want the employer to come back to the table,” Larry Rousseau from the Public Service Alliance of Canada told the Sun late Monday. As of Tuesday, kitchen and maintenance staff as well as social workers at the […]
MoreThe message from the sister of murder victim Leeanne Lawson is simple: Turn yourself in. “I pray that the person who did this stands up and comes forward, doing the right thing not only by us, but by themselves as a human being,” Melissa Sauder told the Sun Monday. A single red rose was left […]
MoreThe sister of Ottawa’s latest murder victim feared for Leeanne Lawson’s life on Ottawa’s Lowertown streets. “The area that she was living in, I’ve been there,” Melissa Sauder told the Sun, adding she’s visited Lowertown twice in the last three years. “It was scary. I came in there with my fairly nice car,” she said. […]
MoreOn Friday, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is reclaiming St. Alban’s Church on King Edward Ave. Plans are in place to bring its homeless drop-in, Centre 454, back to the church basement. The daytime program operated at the church from 1976 to 1999 then moved to Murray St., where it’s remained since. The move should […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/04/26/candidates-talk-housing-during-lunch-at-shelter Marty Blair stopped into the Shepherds of Good Hope for a hot lunch Tuesday. “I’ve been on the street all night last night,” he said. Blair isn’t alone. In 2010 more than 7,000 people in Ottawa used homeless shelters. “But the most staggering thing was that 832 families actually found themselves in […]
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