tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post4721642298466311959..comments2023-06-06T04:47:08.384-04:00Comments on Prairie Preacher: A picture is worth a THOUSAND words ...Reverend Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592815717779408231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-41280097198175084762009-01-04T22:16:00.000-05:002009-01-04T22:16:00.000-05:00SL ... I got your request to remove one of the com...SL ... I got your request to remove one of the comments - but I would prefer to leave both of them up ... they are no contradictory, and they are very much in keeping with that I have learned about homelessness not just on the West Coast, but across Canada. <BR/><BR/>Your words speak a truth that is much needed - and that should be repeated NOT deleted !!<BR/><BR/>That's my opinion !!<BR/>Thanks.<BR/>sReverend Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592815717779408231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-71281622525280192212009-01-01T02:09:00.000-05:002009-01-01T02:09:00.000-05:00Lack of housing and support is a huge problem! It ...Lack of housing and support is a huge problem! It will require money and resources and direct effort. <BR/>And then we will be ok, and services for kids will be reinstated, and for seniors, and for the mentally ill and marginalized...<BR/><BR/>Right now too much is being focused on beauracracy and unworkable facitities, and wasted on group homes with little hope of growth and change. <BR/><BR/>And today, that is my opinion.<BR/><BR/>SLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-79886434888305312822008-12-31T08:52:00.000-05:002008-12-31T08:52:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-6190971865907080782008-12-30T20:01:00.000-05:002008-12-30T20:01:00.000-05:00Please do not be discouraged, the homeless and mar...Please do not be discouraged, the homeless and marginally housed in Victoria & Vancouver BC are out of control due to high housing costs and what appears to be a lack of will. Some folk refuse to be housed, but they are a minority and likely mentally ill. Hopefully the problem can be solved before it becomes radically worse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21234701.post-1554697535008094252008-12-29T11:28:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:28:00.000-05:00In the north (the Canadian arctic, not Prince Geor...In the north (the Canadian arctic, not Prince George!) those persons are called "porch cousins." Usually because they ARE your cousin and secondly, because the porch, is where they sleep. In the Arctic most homes have an inner and outer porch. The innner one is heated as that is where the water tank, sewage tank, furnace etc is and the outer one is very cold and holds the harness, hunting tools, raw hides, winter gear, boots, dogs or meat parts, etc. "Porch cousins" curl up in the inner porch and most often are turfed out when the owners of the home go to work. So from 0830 until 1700h they are "on the streets" in the Arctic. Only Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet have homeless shelters , one for men and one for women. All 26 of the other Nunavut communities do not.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964448837549767197noreply@blogger.com