A grassroots, socially responsible business reselling Vintage, Antiques and Oddities to help our Neighbours with Food, Housing, Comfort and Advocacy. Simple.
290 Kent St., Ottawa, Ontario
Joined March 2011
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With a municipal election approaching and all of the talk about the state of Centretown these days, we’ve been paying attention to the candidates asking to represent Somerset Ward.
And so far, only one candidate has actually come into Highjinx, visited the shop and taken the….
Because showing up matters.
We’re going to keep watching. We’re going to keep listening. And we’re going to make our choices based on who demonstrates that they actually understand our Community and EVERY Neighbour within it.
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Centretown standalone washroom project paused after it runs over budget ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ce…
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12 Neighbours founder wants to build 'rapidly deployable' transitional housing cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…
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With a federal election around the corner on April 28th, we're grateful to @Diana_C_McNally for putting together this info sheet on how you can vote in #elxn45 if you don't have housing.
There's a downloadable PDF version here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1ioJ…
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How Renfrew County solved its homelessness problem - a success story in a field of endeavour starved for them. ottawacitizen.com/news/local…
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The COVID-19 pandemic drew many people to parks and other outdoor recreational spaces—it also exposed the deep divide between community members who were housed and their unhoused neighbours. Writers @grove_AnnaK and Jesse Upton Crowe explore: thewalrus.ca/covid-19-showed…
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An inside look at the new supportive housing cabins in Brockville, Ont. to combat homelessness ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/an…
How do we get an @OC_Transpo bus down here to serve as a temporary warm spot to stay? Or tiny homes? We have a father and daughter in immediate need, a few single men and a couple of young ladies that need some respite. We have parking. @_MarkSutcliffe
#freezing #housingcrisis
We need more of this. Even some of this in Ottawa.
No longer homeless, some locals are living inside shipping containers in Gatineau ottawasun.com/news/homeless-…
