GALE CRESCENT

• 2024-12-06 - St. Catharines divided on homelessness as cold weather intensifies

• 2024-12-06 - Doug Ford preparing to override courts, give police and municipalities enhanced legislative powers to ‘dismantle’ homeless encampments

• 2024-12-05 - ‘What about the rights of the residents?’: St. Catharines petition calls for action on encampments

• 2024-12-04 - Mississauga, ON - Ontario accessibility act lacks standards to solve housing crisis for people with disabilities

• 2024-12-01 - Cambridge, ON - Kitchener’s A Better Tent City leadership reacts to fatal shooting of resident

• 2024-11-30 - Housing those in need through a guaranteed basic income

• 2024-11-30  - Mississauga, ON - ‘We give them a way out’: REST Centres working hard for Black youth in Peel Region facing homelessness

• 2024-11-30 - Overriding the Charter rights of homeless people is a Band-Aid solution

• 2024-11-30 - Investment is important for the mental health of our community

• 2024-11-30 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: Homeless, addictions hub the ‘seismic shift’ needed to get people on the right track

• 2024-11-30 - Toronto, ON - Ontario is backing rehab instead of safe drug injection sites. Those who know the system say both are needed

• 2024-11-30 - Mental health issues on the rise for local newcomers

• 2024-11-29 - Thunder Bay, ON - New public washrooms a hit, shower time awaits

• 2024-11-29 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: ‘I understand how we got here’: Where do Peterborough’s elected leaders stand on mandatory treatment?

• 2024-11-29 - Thunder Bay ON - Over 100 people are still living in tents this winter

• 2024-11-29 - Napanee, ON - County seeks Napanee land donation for affordable housing project

• 2024-11-29 - Stratford - Recent changes to Ontario Works concerning locally

• 2024-11-29 - Rob McConnell leaves comments on Standard Newspaper on the "Life and death issue" article below

• 2024-11-29 - A crisis on our streets: ‘I understand how we got here’: Where do Peterborough’s elected leaders stand on mandatory treatment?

• 2024-11-29 - Montreal, QC - Montreal shopping mall playing ‘Baby Shark’ song to prevent unhoused from loitering

• 2024-11-29 - Life and death issue: Homeless advocates vocal on use of notwithstanding clause in Niagara

• 2024-11-29 - Waterloo, ON - Rents are up 70% in the past decade. The federal government spends billions, but it isn’t helping

• 2024-11-28 - Winnipeg, MB - Voices of youth living with addictions highlighted in Manitoba child advocate report

• 2024-11-28 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: ‘We have to build, build and build’: Housing with supports is the solution to homelessness, advocates say

• 2024-11-28 - Welland, ON - Welland city councillors support use of notwithstanding clause to tackle encampments

• 2024-11-28 - These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario

• 2024-11-28 - Kawartha, ON - ‘12 alpacas, 12 months’: 2025 calendar to support Peterborough’s YES Shelter for Youth and Families

• 2024-11-28 - Niagara, ON - Life and death issue: Homeless advocates vocal on use of notwithstanding clause in Niagara

• 2024-11-28 - Fatal shooting in downtown St. Catharines neighbourhood no surprise to nearby residents

• 2024-11-28 - Councillors against use of notwithstanding clause for encampments form 72-member coalition

• 2024-11-28 - Welland city councillors support use of notwithstanding clause to tackle encampments

• 2024-11-28 - These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario

• 2024-11-27 - Kawartha, ON - Northumberland agency launching ‘Nightstop’ program for youth in need of emergency housing

• 2024-11-27 - London, ON - What to know as Oxford County, Woodstock team up on homeless centre

• 2024-11-27 - Thunder Bay, ON - City recommends temporary village site, business owners aren’t happy

• 2024-11-27 - Mississauga, ON - Fewer arrests’: Report calls for different approach to mental health crisis calls in Peel Region

• 2024-11-27 - Toronto, ON - John Tory: Doug Ford’s plan for addressing the opioid crisis is a good start. But it isn’t a long-term solution

• 2024-11-27 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: ‘People are dying on the streets’: Peggy Shaughnessy believes everyone deserves a good life

• 2024-11-27 - MPP hopes to expand Niagara program for unhoused veterans

• 2024-11-27 - ‘Dangerous precedent’: Four Niagara politicians sign letter opposing use of notwithstanding clause for encampments

• 2024-11-26 Temporary encampment aimed to raise the profile of Lincoln’s homeless

• 2024-11-26 - Arrest made in fatal downtown St. Catharines shooting after police negotiate man’s surrender

• 2024-11-26 - Hamilton, ON - Hamilton’s micro-shelter project faces setback, but city still aims for December opening

• 2024-11-26 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: Lack of capacity, outdated system hampering addiction treatment efforts in Peterborough

• 2024-11-25 - Peterborough, ON - A crisis on our streets: ‘It’s going to take some pretty brave decisions’: Peterborough’s police chief wants more emphasis put on treatment

• 2024-11-25 - Fatal shooting in downtown St. Catharines neighbourhood no surprise to nearby residents

• 2024-11-22 - Winter overnight shelter needed for Niagara’s homeless, Siscoe says

• 2024-11-22 - House arrest for drug dealer whose challenges, Niagara judge says, ‘started in the womb’

• 2024-11-22 - Pay up Doug Ford: St. Catharines councillors back new homelessness project, but won’t fund it

• 2024-11-19 - Niagara Falls pushes for more tools to break up encampments; force drug, mental health treatment

• 2024-11-14 - What you need to know about people sleeping in tents in parks — they have nowhere else to go

• 2024-10-30 - Westview Centre 4 Women settling into new home

• 2024-09-09 - Start Me Up moves into new home after leaving behind Gale Crescent

• 2024-09-06 - Inside St. Catharines’ new temporary homeless shelter

• 2024-07-02 - Westview Centre 4 Women move yields new opportunities

• 2024-02-26 - Coldest Night of the Year raises more than $159,000 in St. Catharines

• emporary Housing Shelter at 29 Riordon St. in St. ...

• 2023-10-27 - A practical solution to stop provincial abuse of the notwithstanding clause

• 2023-10-04 - Search on for site of temporary year-round homeless shelter in St. Catharines

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For Information, Inquiries or Comments Contact

Rob McConnell

petition@galecrescent.ca

(905) 323-9532

Support The Application of Section 33 “The Not Withstanding Clause” Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms Petition To End The Growing Homeless Criminality Crisis In St. Catharines, The Region Of Niagara And Province Of Ontario.

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