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Vol. 7 • Issue 103
Beloved local artist passes away See Page 3
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Vulnerable local women lack support, housing
New nightclub opens tonight See Pages 14-15
Violence and housing instability According to Anna Maskerine, the coordinator of the Aimee Beaulieu Transition House, they routinely see Kootenay women
in retreat. “What we see most often is women fleeing abusive relationships, or maybe things are escalating at home and they need safety. She will leave the family home and come into the transition house,” Maskerine said. “Maybe the police are involved, and they’ll pick him up and he’ll be left in cells overnight — at most — and then he will go home. At that point it becomes unsafe for her to return home, so she can either regain that home or she’s homeless.” Other options, such as sharing space with other acquaintances, can easily put women at risk of victimization and sexual assault. In the report, there is a firsthand account of a woman with children who was victimized by a female housemate suffering from mental health issues. “Most of what’s available to them is substandard. We see women moving into shared accommodations with people they don’t know. Sexual assaults take place, women are re-victimized. They’re very vulnerable in these situations.” Maskerine is frustrated, because according to her the government isn’t providing the housing and resources these women need. That means many are forced to remain in dire poverty, unable
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Annual Report Card on Homelessness highlights unsupported women in crisis
WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star Vulnerable Kootenay women, many of them victims of longterm domestic violence, are without adequate support according to Nelson’s seventh annual Report Card on Homelessness, released this week. “Women fleeing from violence in the home has been found to 1 2 FOR AR be one of the major causes of FOOTWE ON ALL OTHING housing instability in Nelson. & CL Women often flee with limited or even no resources, and they’re forced to live in substandard or unsafe conditions — if they can even find housing at all,” said Ann Harvey of the Nelson Committee on Homelessness. Along with government offiLessons • Retail cials, as well as representatives Custom • Repairs from the police and community, 250.352.1157 the committee unveiled their latTues. - Sat.: 9:00 - 4:00 est report Tuesday afternoon at 601-D Front St. Emporium the Best Western Hotel. This year’s report has a twopronged focus: women who are HAPPY NEW YEAR! homeless or at risk of homelessIn-store Specials! ness, and the continuing affordable housing crunch. The committee believes the two issues are intimately related.
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