Earlier this year, the Superior Court of Justice issued a decision stopping the City of Waterloo from evicting residents of an outdoor encampment, concluding that doing so would violate their Charter rights to life, liberty and security of the person. In this...

Providing support to neighbours and small businesses in our community is critical in helping one another get through these difficult times. Shopping locally is a key component to doing our part.  That being said, The Compass Food Bank and Outreach Centre would like to...

By far the biggest impact on The Compass Food Bank & Outreach Centre in 2022 was from the very high rates of inflation.  What we have seen over the past couple of years is in sharp contrast to what we saw over the previous twenty.  From 2000 to 2020, the Consumer...

Our neighborhood is changing. The landscape of our community is being reshaped by the construction projects going on, and the high end residences being built. Port Credit is fast becoming the place to live and play and summer weekends see our small village packed with...

As we near the end of 2022, we must take some time to reflect on what a year it has been for The Compass Food Bank & Outreach Centre.  This year marks our 20th anniversary serving the needs of our vulnerable neighbours in south Mississauga.  In March, we were able...

Rick wore his boots all summer. They were the only footwear he had. I saw him once sitting on a bench furiously scratching his feet because the boots made them sweat and the sweat made him itch. I asked if he was ok and he answered, “I don’t have a contagious disease,...

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is a phrase originally coined by Aristotle. If that’s true, then It’s the parts that make up this greater whole, and without those parts, that whole wouldn’t exist. As a matter of fact, the minute you change one of the...

Most of us are familiar with the jitters that come with going to a new place for the first time. That first day of a new job or visiting a foreign country; you don’t know what to expect. You don’t know the people and you don’t know your way around. You don’t know the...

I got there about 5 minutes early and a line of about 10 had already formed. As I waited, more people came; some getting off the bus and some arriving on foot. I had taken the bus as well and at one of the stops, two men got on who had obviously been of ‘no fixed...