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Homeless in paradise

Posted on September 1, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 1, 1998) In the 1960s and 1970s, homelessness was virtually unknown in North America, the term not even in public parlance. In 1964, Columbia University researchers scoured four Manhattan parks to count those sleeping there. Continue reading →

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What would happen if federal law banned discrimination based on income?

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) It would bring federal human rights law into line with that of most Canadian provinces. Right now, five provinces provide protection from discrimmination on the basis of either source of income or social condition. Two other provinces specifically ban discrimmination on the basis of being “in receipt of public assistance.” Continue reading →

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Turning the tide: Citizen John Roe leads Victoria waterway cleanup

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) John Roe takes in his rowboat’s oars as another man cuts the motor on a barge piled high with rusted metal and rotted logs. A yellow Lab pants happily at the barge’s bow while its master turns to wave. “How’s it going, Darryl?” Roe says jovially. A few friendly words, and we move on our way, Roe explaining that Darryl Youlden has the contract to pick junk out of Victoria’s Gorge Waterway, two hours a day, seven days a week. Continue reading →

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Planners from hell – Taken to the cleaners

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) Richard Morantz, a Winnipeg property manager, recently bought an apartment building whose previous owner had been providing laundry facilities to tenants at no charge. He didn’t mind that so much. Continue reading →

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Editorial – Too much privacy can be hazardous to the person

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) With vast computer network data bases storing detailed information about our private lives, many of us are becoming uneasy about invasions of privacy. Continue reading →

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