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Author(s): Deb Sider
Publication Date: 2005
The homeless are visible on the town’s main street, where they often congregate in the park and along the sidewalks to socialize and share alcoholic beverages. The homeless population is often referred to as “problems,” “vagrants,” “lazy” and “drunken Indians” (Sioux Lookout Anti-Racism Committee, 2000). In 2000, The Front Street Improvement Project Committee, a municipally appointed committee, released a discussion paper that was aimed at articu...