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Generally speaking the needs on the street are increasing and for many charities across Canada, there are dwindling resources as people...

It sometimes takes years to build enough trust for some of our street friends to talk to us about their lives.  Red is thirty-six and we...

We see people panhandling for loose change all the time in our cities.  It’s commonplace.  We have come to adopt certain attitudes...

I can become invisible in three seconds. In the time it takes for me to move to a standing position on the sidewalk to sit on the curb...

I arrived back in Ottawa late last night and drove through the downtown area on the way home. I saw a man walking with a garbage bag over...

I arrived back in Ottawa late last night and drove through the downtown area on the way home. I saw a man walking with a garbage bag over...

At our drop in staff and volunteers meet early for some words of encouragement and a time of prayer.  The brief passage of Scripture was...

I walked past Jim sleeping outside the convenience store on my way to the bank.  He was OK, probably tired from a late night.  The...

Some have asked me to print a story that Brent Daley, one of my buddies at our drop in, has written.  Here it is, with only moderate...

Harry has been desperately searching for shelter since he was released from jail three months ago.  He has been squeaky clean – no drugs...

Speaking with Brent at the drop in last week, I discoverd he had an aptitude and interest in writing.  I asked him to write about our...

‘So what kind of success rate do you have with people?’  I looked at this person while a whirlwind of thoughts raced around in my head,...

Just a few weeks ago we initiated chiropractic care at our drop in.  What an amazing outreach! Dr. Greg Payne from Ottawa came to us last...

The first time I met Kaylin she was on street outreach two years ago. I noticed her sitting on the sidewalk on Bank Street with a torn up...

Our street youth art program, ‘Passion for Youth’ is making an impact on young people’s lives.  Last year we had nine street-engaged...

“Urban Intervention Training” is the name of our volunteer training program which we host three times a year.  It’s a full Saturday,...

Tom is back, and is doing well. He came to see me last Friday and has been ‘in and out’ of the office all week.  He has hit the ground...

Two Different Worlds In Vancouver for the Roundtable on Poverty and Homelessness meetings this past week, I took opportunity to cross the...

A miserable week – especially if you are incarcerated.  Here’s an update about my buddy ‘Tom’. ‘Tom’ is not his real name, but there may...

She cuts herself to deal with the pain of her childhood.  She’s lived a lifetime in eighteen years, and drinks regularly to cope.  We met...