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BRINGING THE HEAT LEAMINGTON — The rain subsided in time for the Leamington U-16 Whitecaps to defeat the Corunna Lady Giants 16-13 on Saturday, July 17 at the Kinsmen Baseball Diamonds. Here, Whitecaps pitcher Marissa Hiebert winds up to deliver a pitch during the game. Sun photo by Deanna Bertrand
Homelessness committee presents to council LEAMINGTON — The Leamington Homelessness Committee recently conducted a survey of the municipality’s homeless population and they’ve brought the results of that survey to Leamington Council. At the Tuesday, July 13 meeting, Alissa Enns and Carolyn Warkentin addressed council with a Powerpoint presentation outlining the struggles and barriers that the homeless face in the community. According to the presentation, the average monthly costs of housing someone while homeless are quite eye-opening. If that person is in hospital, the average cost of housing them is over $10,000. If they are incarcerated, the average cost is about $4,300 per month. A shelter bed costs an
These people would include peoaverage of $1,932 a month, while rental supplement would cost the ple who are couch surfing with governments about $701 a month friends or family, those who have and social housing even less at been incarcerated with nowhere to go once released, and those living about $200 a month. In Essex County, there are no in cars, church properties, hotels, emergency housing options for motels and abandoned buildings. Enns says that homelessness those experiencing homelessness, and there is also a lack of home- takes on a different look in the lessness services and the barriers county. “Navigating homelessness in for accessing shelter in the city are the county is vastly different from greater in the county. Of those experiencing homeless- homelessness in the city,” she said. Mayor Hilda MacDonald agreed. ness in Canada today, about 80 per Logo Versions “Their (Windsor’s) numbers are cent are experiencing what is called much higher and the homeless ‘hidden homelessness.’ population “These areThepeople whoin English, are living logo is available French and bilingual versions. has been much more temporarily with others but with- visible,” she said. Enns and Warkentin then providout guarantee of continued residency,” said Enns. “Nor do they have ed the data from their recent survey. prospects for accessing permanent See HOMELESS - Page 2 housing.”
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Wheatley evacuates again
WHEATLEY — According to Chatham-Kent Fire, a hydrogen sulphide detector at 15 Erie Street North was activated just after 8 am Monday, July 19, prompting yet another evacuation in downtown Wheatley. As of press time, personnel from Wheatley and Tilbury fire stations are on scene along with Chatham-Kent Police. Both Enbridge and Entegrus had personnel on scene Monday to shut off natural gas and hydro to 23 residences and 13 businesses, displacing about 52 people. The cordoned-off area is larger than the previous incident, with businesses being affected on the south side of Talbot Street East this time, as well. The Provincial Hazmat Team from Windsor Fire and Rescue was on scene Monday, sampling gas for laboratory analysis. The evacuation order occurs exactly one month after the previous evacuation order was lifted. It was on June 19 that residents and all-but-two businesses were allowed back into their properties. The state-of-emergency declared on June 2 was then lifted on June 28. A further state-of-emergency had not been issued as of press time, but officials are asking residents to avoid the area. This comes as another blow to businesses who had just begun to recover from the last 17-day closure, especially restaurants who were recently able to open for indoor dining. The investigation is ongoing.
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