"Gittin' 'er Done": As City Hall Talks, Kookums Feed the Hungry
The Kookums operate on a simple principle: feed the hungry. In stark contrast, the cruel and dehumanizing rhetoric that sometimes surfaces online—treating hungry people like unwelcome vermin—reveals more about the speaker's lack of empathy than it does about the complex reality of homelessness.
Updated - As Temperatures Plummet, Medicine Hat Has No Plan to Open Warming Centres
With a cold snap gripping Alberta, a critical disparity in emergency response for homeless residents has emerged between major cities and one of the province’s smaller urban centres.
Homeless to be Left in the Cold For Another Winter?
Administration was given a mandate to solve the long term shelter problem in July 2022… We are no closer to a long term shelter solution than we were three and a half years ago.
