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Homelessness in Morinville six times 2016 rate, report finds
Three years after Morinville’s first homelessness survey in 2016, the number of people without a regular place to sleep was up by more than six times.
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Council puts homelessness on the table
The topic of persons experiencing homelessness and transients was brought forward by Councillor Stephen Dafoe at the Sept. 17 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. resulting in two motions being made, one of which was withdrawn pending the review of the Community Standards Bylaw this fall. […]
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Report on homelessness in Morinville piques Council’s interest
Morinville’s Council have received a thorough report from the Town’s Community Program and FCSS Coordinator Melonie Dziwenka on the state of homelessness in Morinville, including steps forward the Town can make with their partners. The report includes definitions of different types of homelessness, and statistics available for Morinville’s numbers in each category. […]
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Lucky Foundation continuing to help the homeless
By Stephen Dafoe
Riviere Qui Barre – A nine-year-old Camilla School student’s mission to help the homeless is continuing on for another year after making an almost $5,000 donation to the Hope Mission in Edmonton just before Christmas… […]
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Student touched by plight of homeless starts fundraising campaign
By Stephen Dafoe
Riviere Qui Barre – A trip to a Christian summer camp this past summer set a Camilla School student on a mission to help the homeless. Nine-year-old Brooke Bonin has been raising money for Edmonton’s Hope Mission since school began in September and has already amassed more than $3,000, monies that will be handed over to the mission Dec. 23… […]
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Town and high school working to address teen homelessness in Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Tyler (not his real name) sits at the long table in the kitchen of his friend’s family home, a home that will provide a roof over his head for the next while. Just how long he does not know. He sits down to tell his story, a story of no longer living in his mom and dad’s house for the two past months… […]