Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer I was down to the Occupy Saskatoon quite a few times trying to help them out with men and women who were homeless and staying there. Since I normally have a camera of some sort with me, I snapped a couple of photos when I down during daylight hours.
Occupy Saskatoon
Column: Homeless need not just shelter
My latest in The StarPhoenix I enjoy winters in Saskatoon. There is Wintershines, the Meewasin skating rink, turning down Blades tickets because I don’t want to drive out to the Credit Union Centre, and reminiscing about when Blackstrap used to be open. No matter how cold it is at the end of the day, I [...]
Column: Change calls for more than talk
In this week’s The StarPhoenix A couple of years ago, I found a video documentary series posted on YouTube by actor Sam Slovick. He was living on skid row in Los Angeles and decided to film some of the madness he saw daily. There are knife fights, other violence and drug deals interspersed among stories [...]
Occupy Saskatoon
After reading a media report that Occupy Saskatoon were housing all sorts of homeless people at Friendship Park, myself, Wendy, and Bert (our caseworker) wandered down their protest. There was only one homeless person being helped and he wasn’t around so we chatted a bit, took some photos, and then I had to head back [...]
