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Angus was born in Timmins, Ontario, [3] and moved to Toronto in 1973, where in 1980 he co-founded the punk rock band L'Étranger with childhood friend Andrew Cash.Angus performed bass and co-wrote many of the group's songs, which were influenced by the Clash and the group's Catholic social justice roots.
[1] [2] Her mother, Holly Kowtook, was an Inuk woman who had been sent to a boarding school in Timmins, Ontario. Holly was born and raised in Moose Factory, Ontario however her family is originally from Sanikiluaq. [2] Her father, Patrick Holopainen, was also raised and spent most of his life in the Timmins area. [3]
Timmins (/ ˈ t ɪ m ɪ n s / TIM-ins) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River.The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 at the 2021 Canadian census and an estimated population of 44,819 in 2023.
Homeless shelters need to provide a variety of services to diverse residents. Homeless shelters, like La Posada Providencia in San Benito, Texas, may also house asylum seekers, mainly from Mexico, Central America and South America. [84] Shelters also provide outreach to residents who are unable to use a shelter or who choose not to use a ...
Graffiti of homeless in Quebec City. Homelessness in Canada was not a social problem until the 1980s. [1] The Canadian government housing policies and programs in place throughout the 1970s were based on a concept of shelter as a basic need or requirement for survival and of the obligation of government and society to provide adequate housing for everyone.
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
La Ronde Cultural Center (Le Centre Culturel La Ronde) is a building serving the Francophone community in the city of Timmins designed by Richard Yallowega of Yallowega Architecture Inc. [1] Commissioned with the objective to reconstruct the French Cultural Center, it is intended to promote and preserve the Francophone culture and heritage within the Timmins region.
Diane Morrison – former Executive Director of the Mission, an Ottawa homeless shelter; Steve Paikin – journalist and television host; Dr. James Rutka – pediatric neurosurgeon and researcher; Adel Sedra – engineering scholar, professor and administrator; Toby Tanenbaum – philanthropist and volunteer