North Shore News August 8 2014

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FRIDAY August

8 2014

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More homeless seniors, youth on our streets

Results of homeless count show rising number of unsheltered young and old BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

There may be fewer people bedding down each night without a proper home on the North Shore, but seniors and youth are becoming bigger portions of our homeless population. Those are some of the troubling findings in the final report of the 2014 Metro Vancouver homeless count released last week. Every four years, volunteers from a number of social service agencies fan out over the Lower Mainland looking to count and interview people staying in shelters or on the streets. The count done in March this year found 119 people on the North Shore, down slightly from 122 in 2011 but

still a big step up from 90 in 2005. Twenty-four were under the age of 25 and 31 were over the age of 55. But the numbers in the count are probably much lower than the reality as it relies on volunteers physically meeting people who may be hard to find. “Did we get everyone across the North Shore? No way. No how. That’s the reality of it but the count has interesting trends,” said Lynne Henshaw, co-ordinator of the North Shore Homelessness Task Force. “When you look at vulnerable populations like seniors and youth, that’s quite alarming.” While roughly half of those defined as homeless are able to get some form of shelter, seniors still are worse off, according to the report. “This is a rising number and the most alarming thing about that is 23 of those 31 seniors were unsheltered so they were living in the bush or living somewhere that isn’t appropriate housing,” Henshaw said. SeeYouth page 9

WV may have erred in call for LNG tanker ban: mayor JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

West Vancouver council was overly eager and at least a little confused in unanimously calling for a ban on liquefied natural gas tankers July 21, according to Mayor Michael Smith. After a delegation warned that an LNG terminal in Squamish could turn Howe Sound into a “marine desert,” council deviated from their usual routine by petitioning the

federal government to bar LNG tankers from Howe Sound. Council ordinarily waits for a staff report before acting on a delegation’s request. “All blame lies at the feet of the chairman of the meeting,” Smith said. “My legendary impatience sometimes gets the better of me after over an hour of going around in circles on a debate.You get desperate to call a question, any question.” SeeWeston page 3

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