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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
toronto! you’re needed!
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
spoke to cbc: if we are concerned abt public drug use, why not address the fact that people have nowhere to go? why not invest in the conditions that prevent people from being stuck outside? stop conflating homelessness w substance use. and the hart hubs are a farce.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ontario Works rates have not increased since 2018 - eight years now - staying at $733 (including max shelter allowance). Meanwhile, according to the Ontario gvt, inflation has gone up about 23% since 2018.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
there are four homies in the community & their families that i’m close with who have no AC and are really struggling. besides outreach on the streets, im trying to purchase some AC units to get to folks this week. if you’d like to chip in: www.buymeacoffee.com/lorrainelam memo: heat
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Lorraine Lam is co-learning space for liberation
hi friends :) I have been an outreach worker in Toronto for over 10 years. I currently work at Amadeusz: as a case manager supporting individuals with firearms chargers during and post-incarcerat
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
today’s heat is so dangerous for people unhoused and precariously housed. the city has ONE cooling centre w a capacity of up to 45ppl and it’s not accessible.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Spoke to Global: Dr. Murti (TPH) said the city won’t open more 24hr cooling centres bc they were underused. mind you, this same person is refusing to call the closures of SCS’ an emergency. let's consider why the spaces were underused: [1/] globalnews.ca/video/119454...
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Toronto officials criticized over heat relief strategy | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Toronto officials criticized over heat relief strategy Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
this is fucked up. using AI, with numerous research showing how it produces racist outcomes, to speed through creating “profiles” will lead to MORE RACISM. these “profiles” determine a person’s security “rankings” which determine what access people have to resources and programs and future releases
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
various groups have been told by security at union they can’t do outreach or provide harm reduction supplies. the risk of overdose continues to rise AND IT’S HAPPENING. Hearing of a death already. SCS’ close in two weeks. @Metrolinx out here murdering ppl. where is the media?
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
just also gonna add that i didn’t see Moise or any other city councillor speak up when Chrissy froze to death this winter across the park he wants to close at night. what then, you say, about violence and safety?
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Queerwashing homelessness: where LGBTQ2S+ issues are highlighted in ways that seem supportive but actually distracts from the real issues that impact people who are queer. Moise & Myers want to close Barbara Hall overnight to protect the AIDS & Trans memorials. 1/
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
wild articles today in @thestar.com about a $25m donation to deal w homelessness but says nothing about actually where the housing is. 300 people in five years is 60 a year and hundreds die every year. $25m? also why do we have billionaires and millionaires?
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
people are more mad at visible homelessness than the reality than homelessness is even a thing people have to survive through
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
my friend found someone here yesterday: deceased, frozen. if you knew the sidewalk that you tread on the alley that you rush past the side door through which you toss trash was the deathbed of another who took their last breath alone would you move different if you knew?
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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Just come out of the locker room 5x5 and dare the IOC to stop you
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Spoke w CBC alongside Isaac & Pastor Eddie abt the May closure of 5800 Yonge, a shelter for 200 ppl. Where is the housing/shelter spaces the City says they have? Combined w BLC respite & 545 Lakeshore closures, that's abt 500 people to be displaced. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Refugees worry about future as North York shelter set to shut down in the spring | CBC News
The city says its moving toward a long-term shelter system. But residents of a shelter that houses more than 200 refugees say they are scrambling to find places to go, while advocates worry the commun...
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Safe Third Country Agreement is a deal where US and Canada have deemed each other as ‘safe countries’, so the idea is that refugees have to claim protection in the *FIRST* country they land in. Besides the fact that America is not safe, there are many other glaring issues. [1/]
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Chow hasn't been great (tf the cops get more money again), but I think alot about how she inherited a city "led" by austerity. Same with Harris' gvt. That's the thing about cuts: we might not see immediate impacts but the consequences are dire for years to come.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Today would have been Pierre’s birthday. He would have, should have, turned 38, but instead he died in a KFC bathroom. The toxic drug supply has claimed the lives of so many people. We need more SCS’ & safe supply; instead the gvt has decimated them. breachmedia.ca/doug-fords-c...
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With Doug Ford’s closure of supervised drug sites, I dread what is to come ⋆ The Breach
As a outreach worker for a decade in Toronto, I know Premier Ford’s reckless drug policy is a return to an old and deadly model
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
250 people are about to be displaced because of FIFA. The City says that they will be offered alternate spaces but where are said spaces? WHY are they not available NOW? The risk of cold-related injuries in March is very high. Where are people to go? www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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Toronto respite centre to close early for World Cup 2026, but unhoused individuals won’t be left in the cold: officials
The City of Toronto has confirmed that the winter respite facility at the Better Living Centre will be closing its doors a month early.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
At a time when shelters are full, and winter respites and warming centres have been at over 100% capacity… instead of MORE spaces being made available, we are about to LOSE 250 spaces. Where will everyone go? I dont know. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Toronto shelters under strain as respite centre closes early for FIFA World Cup
The City of Toronto says it's added shelter spaces and implemented extra support during the winter months for people experiencing homelessness. But as CBC’s Talia Ricci explains, with shelters overwhe...
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
i actually still don’t know who won the football game nor have i looked but it appears Bad Bunny swept!
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
how quickly everyone thought that little boy was Liam Ramos just told me that yall can’t tell latino boys apart. And couldn’t bother do quickly do some homework because once again, just wanna exploit emotions for your entertainment. let’s do better please.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
COMPLETELY INHUMANE. take action to demand the City keep these warming centres open ALL WINTER.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
he City is closing two shelters this spring, including 5800 Yonge: currently sheltering 410 people. The City says they're prioritizing smaller shelters but there is NO NET GAIN OF BEDS: www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
this isn’t just abt one administration or entity. this is generations of policing that our Indigenous, Black, queer kin, have been screaming abt forever. it’s not just abt abolish ICE (YES), but the entire system of policing that is disguised as “safety” & “protection”
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
i am grateful we humanize renee (mom!), alex (VA nurse!), liam (an innocent child!) AND if they did not work, did not have kids, not documented, were homeless, were substance users, had mental health barriers, had a “criminal” record, we should still damn straight be outraged.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Spoke to 1010 Radio yesterday about the cold. Thoughts: * Jim wonders abt forcing people off the street in light of this dangerous weather. Forcing people is not recognizing that ppl outside make the choices they need for themselves & deserve dignity of choice www.iheart.com/podcast/962-... [1/]
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Why we need to take the freezing temperatures seriously this weekend. @jimrichards1010 talks with outreach worker @lorrainelamchop - Jim Richards - Sound Bites | iHeart
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
the God i’ve come to encounter in Scripture doesn’t seem to care if your 4min How Great is our God or 4point sermon or even tithing & prayer is disrupted Seems to have much to say abt how the vulnerable are treated. Isaiah 58 for one.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
western christianity out here thinking they’re persecuted when really they’re Babylon. not them being the ones taking christ out of christmas tho right
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
people more mad abt a non violent disruption of church services than the violent invading of their neighbourhoods tells me what god your christianity worships. ma’am, so much for loving your neighbour or whatever or whatever idk basic Jesus. i say flip them damn tables. over and over. AMEN.
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 12/11/2025
I spoke with @namshine.bsky.social on her TVO podcast (Mis)Treated about the historical lack of medical research on women and why that matters. www.tvo.org/video/why-we...
Screenshot of (Mis)Treated episode S01 E07 - Why weren't women included in clinical trials?
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
rhe youth accessing the shelter are also residents of the neighborhood
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
spoke to CityNews: we are in a worsening homelessness crisis and people are protesting shelters. what is dangerous is not the presence of unhoused people; it is the protest and lack of lifesaving services for unhoused people that are dangerous. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
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Residents divided over west-end youth shelter
Thousands of residents have now signed a petition to relocate a youth shelter that will soon open in a west-end neighbourhood. Shauna Hunt with the concerns being raised and reaction from those who su...
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
unhoused people are frequently framed as a threat to public safety. meanwhile an unhoused person was murdered. an anchor on Fox shamelessly touted using lethal injections to kill unhoused ppl. when we discuss ‘safety’, what do we mean? who do we centre? [1/]
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
we are yet in another heatwave. the city finally got water to orgs after the civic long weekend, but people are still with no options. the one 24/7 space at metro hall is embarrassingly bad. seeing so many downtown outside. can’t we at least have water fountains?!
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
i am so honoured and grateful to organize with the Shelter Support Collective, a group of residents across the city welcoming shelters in their areas, and pushing for systemic changes. TODAY WE HAVE AN OP-ED OUT!! read and share! big love to @TUHUnion_ www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
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OPINION: City hall must prioritize homeless constituents when siting shelters
Some councillors are using consultation as a tactic to delay new shelter construction, argue members of the newly formed Shelter Support Collective
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
folks upset abt “taxpayer dollars” spent on harm reduction often support things that cost more: police, jails, overdoses, healthcare costs, blocking shelters… tbh if you follow the convo & ask “so where do people go?”, it’s really that they want poor people & drug users to die.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Had an opportunity to be back on The Social to discuss Bill 6. Disguised as a bill to prohibit public drug use, it's really a bill abt criminalizing people who are unhoused. here's hoping we can move the needle on this conversation towards addressing systemic change. youtu.be/9olQ8SrB6gE?...
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What You Need to Know About Canada’s Homelessness Legislation | The Social
YouTube video by The Social CTV
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CityScribe @cityscribe.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
In Conservative-led provinces, they are finding every possible way to turn our once excellent public system into private fairy dust. They start with people who have less of a voice, so the takeover is inevitable when the rest of us are impacted. Speak. Up. Now. #CdnPoli #abpoli #ONPoli
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
it is SO hot. 630pm and some of the city’s “cool spaces” have closed. there still is only one 24/7 cooling centre and it has no cots, no food, no privacy. organizations haven’t received their water yet. like are yall just waiting for a death before any urgency?!
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
imagine wearing these shirts in a housing crisis.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
remember when we arrived at the third heatwave and the city still has not distributed water to organizations that serve unhoused and vulnerable people?!?!!?!!? it is mid july.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
toronto is under a severely bad air quality alert, and there is ONE 24/7 cooling centre. no cots, no food, just four tables and foldable chairs, right in the middle of the elevator access at a busy Metro Hall - no privacy. how is this acceptable!?
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Out of the Cold Meal Program: Saint Luke’s Toronto @ootc-stlukesto.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
There is a dangerous air quality index alert today & we still have no 24/7 options for people who are unhoused. On outreach last night, our volunteer teams dropped off water, hot meals, & bagged lunches to people who live outside. Now, will the City do their part?
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Toronto, May 2025: out of 614 calls to Central Intake, only 12 resulted in a shelter bed. So if you tried to access a shelter bed, you had a 1.9% chance of succeeding. This, in a heatwave w ONE 24/7 cooling centre, the City decides to evicts a few tents today. [1/]
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
22 out of 111…..
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
heatwave again. hot outreach! no cooling centres. (the city says they have “cooling centres” but they’re literally just places w AC that close and aren’t suitable as respites). no water to orgs yet. what’s the plan here toronto? this is a public health issue.
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Thomas Piggott MD PhD @twpiggott.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This is how the Edmonton approach is going.
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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"What, to the slave, is your 4th of July?" - frederick douglass
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