Supervised Injection Sites: Why Bother?

02/18/2019 Raymond Viger 0

Montreal has set up its first two supervised injection sites (SIS) for intravenous drug users. But some people ask, “Why bother?” By Raymond Viger  After all, we’re talking junkies here. If they want to kill themselves with drugs and pass their infections on to other […] See more

How We’ve Gone Backwards

08/23/2017 Colin McGregor 0

Jules Hetzel, publisher, brought the world the works of the father of science fiction, French writer Jules Verne (1828-1905). Colin McGregor  File: Homelesness. Hetzel encouraged Verne to blend fast-paced adventure tales with futuristic scientific gadgetry. Together they launched beloved best­sellers like Around the World in Eighty […] See more

A Homeless Man’s Journey

11/30/2016 The Social Eyes 0

The homeless are not born, they are made. Every homeless person has their own sad story, their reasons why they ended up on the street. Some, like Bernard Martin, have to dig back into childhood to understand how you end up living on the margins […] See more