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RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - Silie - 10-30-2025
A little over a decade ago, I lived in the Nipigon area in northwestern Ontario, and worked at a college campus. Coming from the then-less-troubled south-central Ontario, it shocked me to find out that pretty much everything that could even remotely possibly be abused in a convenience store or pharmacy (so, all pain/allergy/cold and flu relief, mouthwash, peroxide, hand sanitizer, shaving equipment, glue, aerosol containers) had to be requested from a locked cabinet behind the cash register. At the college, the ashtrays in the smoking areas were frequently cut out of their bases and dumped out on the walkways, because people were sorting through butts. And the wildest part was that all the hand sanitizer dispensers in the college were stocked with a very watery foaming hand soap (if anything), because people would actually break them open and take off with the pouch of hand sanitizer to consume it. Now, I'm seeing similar steps being taken in this region and in Guelph. At what point do policymakers start giving a shit?
RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - Momo26 - 11-02-2025
(10-30-2025, 04:13 PM)Silie Wrote: A little over a decade ago, I lived in the Nipigon area in northwestern Ontario, and worked at a college campus. Coming from the then-less-troubled south-central Ontario, it shocked me to find out that pretty much everything that could even remotely possibly be abused in a convenience store or pharmacy (so, all pain/allergy/cold and flu relief, mouthwash, peroxide, hand sanitizer, shaving equipment, glue, aerosol containers) had to be requested from a locked cabinet behind the cash register. At the college, the ashtrays in the smoking areas were frequently cut out of their bases and dumped out on the walkways, because people were sorting through butts. And the wildest part was that all the hand sanitizer dispensers in the college were stocked with a very watery foaming hand soap (if anything), because people would actually break them open and take off with the pouch of hand sanitizer to consume it. Now, I'm seeing similar steps being taken in this region and in Guelph. At what point do policymakers start giving a shit?
This is fucking wild.
And a massive shame for a country to that calls itself part of the G7. Ghetto7 is where we are heading.
Drastic steps need to be taken. Help those with addiction - rehab until it works. Get homeless off the street.
Our Mayor is spending time thanking the Blue Jays and im sure enjoying every minute of the WS and that's fine, we deserve to have something positive, but more energy needs to go to solving the issues that face our community right now.
This has gotten out of hand.
RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - Momo26 - 02-13-2026
While this thread is clearly dying, looks like sympathy for homelessness in the region has reached a new low
https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1r31vhx/hopefully_everyone_is_safe_and_unharmed_at_the/
RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - danbrotherston - 02-13-2026
(02-13-2026, 02:57 AM)Momo26 Wrote: While this thread is clearly dying, looks like sympathy for homelessness in the region has reached a new low
https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1r31vhx/hopefully_everyone_is_safe_and_unharmed_at_the/
This entire forum seems to be dying. Which is sad...just at a time when there are increasingly few online communities that aren't reliant on the good graces of tech oligarchs.
RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - KevinL - 02-13-2026
I wouldn't go to /r/kitchener for any form of empathy; /r/waterloo have their heads on (a bit more) straight.
RE: Ending Chronic Homelessness - tomh009 - 02-14-2026
(02-13-2026, 05:39 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(02-13-2026, 02:57 AM)Momo26 Wrote: While this thread is clearly dying, looks like sympathy for homelessness in the region has reached a new low
https://www.reddit.com/r/kitchener/comments/1r31vhx/hopefully_everyone_is_safe_and_unharmed_at_the/
This entire forum seems to be dying. Which is sad...just at a time when there are increasingly few online communities that aren't reliant on the good graces of tech oligarchs.
Dying? I think the rumours about this forum's death are rather exaggerated. Posting traffic is lower at the moment, but it's quite understandable given the reduced construction activity.