Lawrencetown resident rewarded for years of Cuddles and Comfort
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“…Karen MacRoberts has been making an incredible contribution to the community — one stitch at a time.
As head of the Lawrencetown Sew-ciety Quilt Guild’s Cuddles and Comfort program, the long-time seamstress has helped to craft hundreds of quilts to give out to non-profit charities, organizations or pretty much anyone who could use a little warmth in their life….”
Author: Steve Gow
Date of Article: September 28, 2021
Source: HalifaxToday.ca
Website: https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/rooted/lawrencetown-resident-rewarded-for-years-of-cuddles-and-comfort-4460603
‘Go big or go home’: Volunteers needed to put together 300,000 COVID testing kits
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“…With Nova Scotia in the midst of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers are needed to help assemble 300,000 take-home COVID-19 testing kits over the coming weeks to deal with an expected increase in testing needs.
“Go big or go home,” said Dr. Lisa Barrett, a clinician scientist and infectious disease doctor at Dalhousie University….”
Author: Richard Woodbury
Date of Article: September 27, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-nova-scotia-take-home-testing-kits-volunteers-needed-1.6190201
Volunteer group steps back from Halifax tent encampment site to allow for ‘resident-run system’
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“…A 24-hour volunteer “vigil” at a Halifax encampment for unhoused people is ending, after the group says it received assurances from the city that there will be no more evictions….”
Author: Rebecca Lau
Date of Article: September 26, 2021
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/news/8222258/meagher-park-volunteers-unhoused-encampment/
Halifax finds accommodations for 7 unhoused people, but volunteers question longevity
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“…HRM says it has found “alternative, safe, temporary accommodations” for seven unhoused people living in Meagher Park — also known as People’s Park — but the volunteers who work with them say they’ve been left out of the decision.
The city did not say where they were placed, but Global News has learned they’re staying at the Gerald B. Gray Memorial Arena in Dartmouth. Security officers did not allow Global to enter the arena and speak with the people living there….”
Author: Alex Cooke
Date of Article: September 21, 2021
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/news/8208573/halifax-limited-accommodations-unhoused-people/
Housing advocates call for an end to evictions in Halifax
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“…More than 100 people gathered in front of Halifax city hall on Saturday to protest the municipality’s approach to dealing with homelessness, demanding that evictions be stopped.
It has been a month since Halifax Regional Police and city staff carried out a mass eviction of people sleeping on public property on the peninsula, and the pressure is rising….”
Author: Nicola Seguin
Date of Article: September 18, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/housing-advocates-end-evictions-halifax-1.6181259
