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Let’s Shrink our Holiday Footprint – Part 3

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Real or Artificial?  Which Christmas Tree is Better for Your Carbon Footprint? OK, this was a trick question cause the actual answer is no Christmas tree. The best thing from a carbon perspective would be to forget the tree and deck the halls with greens from your yard. Bonus points if you use discarded trimmed … Read more

Request From CYRE

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  CYRE is in need of clean, reusable (usually brown) gift-sized bags for the children in CYRE to decorate on December 18th. The goal is to recycle and decorate packaging for Christmas wrapping, without the need to purchase new wrapping paper. Bags can be dropped off at church (see Sheila Van Leusden) Sunday, December 11th, … Read more

Gift Card Collection for the Eva Rothwell Centre

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** UPDATE ** Thank you for your generosity!  So far, we have raised over $1000 in gift cards and about $800 in goods.  BUT, given the snowfall we know that you may not have been here last Sunday so please bring your donations this coming Sunday Dec 18th or contact Gail Rappolt who will ensure … Read more

Losing Rental Units: The Numbers & Who is at Risk?

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The Numbers Between the 2011 and 2021 Census, Canada lost 553,000 housing units that rented for less than $750. Rent of $750 is affordable is you earn $30,000 or more.  In the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area that includes Burlington and Grimsby, we lost almost 16,000 of those units. See https://chec-ccrl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Updated-Analysis-on-Housing-Erosion-from-2021-Census-Steve-Pomeroy.pdf Hamilton’s goal is to build … Read more

Guide For Writing to our Elected Representatives

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As part of a letter writing workshop on November 30, Bill Johnston and Joan MacNeil of our Affordable Housing Team prepared a guide to writing letters, with a specific focus on responding to several recent provincial government initiatives that will mostly hamper efforts to get more affordable housing. You can find the guide on our … Read more