January 2010
10 posts
Reboot Alberta: Engagment Profile
Reboot Alberta is an interesting grass roots movement of people concerned about the future of Alberta and moving towards more progressive political culture and public policy. The next gathering is taking place from Feb 26th to the 28th at the Delta Lodge in Kananaskis and is an opportunity to have a say in where Alberta is going economically, environmentally, socially and politically. Reboot...
The Working Homeless
By: Mike Williams For half of Calgary’s homeless- a group known as the working homeless- there is a grim reality that the problems associated to their lives are rooted deeper than the unemployment issues that many Calgarians link to homelessness. It is in the astronomical costs and municipal fees that reach into the realms of housing, education, food and recreation combined with jobs paying under...
Proroguing Parliament
By: Alexa Briggs
The VCC team joined thousands of other Canadians this Saturday in a non-partisan show of support for our nation’s democratic values. In true Canadian fashion, we braved the cold temperatures to add our voices to the groundswell of outrage at the circumvention of due process, important bills, and public scrutiny of our elected officials.
We heard numerous people say that this...
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“To discriminate against one who has ‘no fixed address’ is abhorrent. Life has...”
– Dr. John Rook, CEO of The Salvation Army Community Services, Calgary.
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