Source Feed: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Bruce Deachman
Publication Date: December 23, 2024 - 08:47
Here's how it feels to be homeless at Christmas
December 23, 2024
Over the past few months, I’ve written about a couple of homeless Ottawans: Thomas Cavasos, who, with his cat, Phoenix, can typically be found in his wheelchair at the northwest corner of Elgin and Lisgar streets; and Frances de Silva, who was living in a canoe on the Rideau Canal when I first met her. A subsequent story I wrote about her canoe being stolen ended with the kindheartedness of some readers who offered to gift her a new canoe. She currently lives in a tent along the Rideau River. Read More
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