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Originally Posted by Vin
Hotels are NOT shelters. In Langley City alone, there are the following:
1. Starting Point Outreach
2. Salvation Army Gateway of Hope
3. Stepping Stone Community Services
4. The Langley District Help Network
5. Bill Reid Place
6. Ishtar Women's Resource Society
Care calling them to find out if they are really full?
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The hotel article was your source, not mine. You implied they left the hotels to shoot up for the afternoon, voluntarily; I actually read the
whole article and found out the opposite was true.
You don't need to
open emergency shelters if there's vacancies in the regular ones. Care calling them to find out if they're really half-full? Or
the mayor to ask if she lied yesterday?
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At a police update on a series of shootings that left two people dead and two more injured Monday, Langley City Mayor Val van den Broek became emotional when asked about the victims, at least two of whom are believed to have been experiencing homelessness...
“... We’ve been in situations where people have come up and begged me for a house to stay overnight. And I have nothing. I have to say to them, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t have anywhere for you.’ So … maybe this is the catalyst for moving forward...”
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Or, keep digging your hole even deeper as per usual. Your call.
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