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Coalition to End Homelessness aims to have two approved in year

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An army of 180 volunteers from the Times Colonist and other organizations fanned out on downtown street corners and at Peninsula Co-op service stations Wednesday to collect donations in exchange for newspapers.

The rent is paid for the rest of 2012 for the Rainbow Kitchen Society - which provides more than 3,000 free hot meals per month - thanks to $10,000 from the Victoria Real Estate Board.

Fourth annual pro bono event deals with a wide range of issues

Dave Lockyer - one of the more than 1,600 people in Greater Victoria who are homeless or poorly housed - is battling with the government for help. Lockyer, who has Crohn's disease, rents a room at a Victoria hotel.

Toronto police canvassed a northwest Toronto neighbourhood Tuesday for a suspect after two men were found dead in a laneway. Police were called around 1: 20 a.m. EDT following reports of gunshots.

Nanaimo native Tamas Dobozy is a finalist for the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, it was announced Wednesday.Dobozy is shortlisted for his short story collection, Siege 13, published by Thomas Allen Publishers.

Here is something to keep in mind as you read this newspaper: Many people, including some of your neighbours, are not able to do what you take for granted.

By Ahmed M. Abou HusseinThere are many people who believe that what is happening in the Middle East, especially in Egypt, is merely senseless.