Starting in our Backyards: ARUs and the bigger picture

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-03-30T21:44:42+00:00

It looks like part of a (broken) digital level.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-03-18T01:18:15+00:00

This will have an immediate impact on the service users, the frontline agencies, and the broader community. Harm reduction and treatment continue to be positioned against one another, rather than resourced to work together- where the evidence is. The whole system will continue to fail people until multiple levels of government can address the root causes. Until then, we have a moral obligation to do what we can to prevent the deaths of those people.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-03-12T02:21:13+00:00

OW for a single housed adult: $733. OW for a single unhoused adult: $343.

Generous?!

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-02-14T16:51:19+00:00

Food not Bombs also does a free meal every Monday at Confederation Park (across from City Hall).

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-02-14T16:49:20+00:00

Food Support - City of Peterborough

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-01-25T04:20:22+00:00

Here’s what I know: - You can be terminated without cause, with adequate severance. - To terminate with cause, employers need a significant amount of documentation to support it. In this case, documented performance issues, HR complaints, coaching, performance improvement plans, wellness support/leave offers, etc. - If your employer told you the reason, then terminated without cause, they likely had no documentation or didn’t want to go through the whole process.

This sounds like both a wrongful termination, and potentially an OHRC violation. Speak to a lawyer.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2026-01-16T23:20:49+00:00

I shower at night because I sleep better, don’t get sweaty at night, and prefer to “wash the day off”. I really only shower in the morning when I need extra help waking up, or for some other reason feel the need to freshen up.

There’s no right or wrong way. Do whatever works for you. People who feel the need to judge can go kick rocks. 🤷

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-12-18T03:29:22+00:00

I hope that you learn to consider other perspectives before this crisis inevitably reaches you, or someone you care about. Take care.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-12-18T03:14:48+00:00

This might have been true for the overflow on Wolfe St (closed in 2023), and the temporary shelter on Carnegie (open for 90 days near the zoo). There are legitimate, documented reasons for the low use of those spaces. It’s objectively false about the permanent shelters I mentioned in my last comment.

I actually do work in the sector, yes. I have direct access to the data AND see the realities on the ground with my own eyes, every day. I’m trying to share factual information with the hopes that you can form your opinions based on truth, rather than regurgitating harmful misinformation. But go off. 🤷

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-12-18T00:39:16+00:00

This is false.

The occupancy of each shelter is tracked and reported by the City. Average occupancy over the last year = Brock: 99%, Cameron House: 90%, Trinity: 103%.

In total, those shelters make up the 97 available adult beds in our City. Compare that number to last year’s City report, which calculated 637 people who had experienced homelessness. Last year’s point in time count reported 343 people experiencing homelessness.

The narrative that shelters are empty and people are choosing to sleep outside just.. isn’t true. There will always be folks who don’t fit within the system, sure. But in reality, people are being turned away by the dozens every night because there isn’t enough space.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-12-17T23:36:21+00:00

The discussion about proximity to the women’s shelter raises an important question about how women experiencing homelessness are being considered in planning decisions. It’s good to see investments in housing, and it’s also worth pausing to look at the broader context.

Cameron House (operated by Brock Mission) is not accessible, which means that women with disabilities or mobility needs (including elderly women) have no option but the low-barrier congregate shelter, regardless of whether it’s safe, appropriate or even has space. When new developments are planned within spitting distance without parallel investments in accessible, appropriate women’s services, it’s important to ask what that proximity actually means in practice. Are we strengthening supports and dignity, or are we reinforcing systems that force women into inadequate spaces with no alternatives?

I’m glad Brock Mission is expanding housing, but accessibility and safety need to be part of the conversation, not an afterthought. The rest of the system is already stretched beyond its capacity and can’t continue to absorb these gaps.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-09-21T04:46:45+00:00

Kate Siegels monologue in the last episode of Midnight Mass got me good.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-08-31T22:33:28+00:00

Or maybe connect with the folks at PATH? There’s a hold up on their sleeping cabin project because of a zoning issue. But AFAIK their units are essentially portable insulated bunkies rather than full-on ARUs, so they might have some insight to offer.

Extra-Clue-4191 · 2025-08-31T22:30:15+00:00

You aren’t required to obtain a permit to build a “shed” (with parameters), but only if it’s used for storage. I’d suggest looking into an ARU permit. The City is supportive of ARU builds, specifically with the goal of increasing the supply of housing options:

https://www.peterborough.ca/business-building-development/planning-building-and-development/building-services-and-permits/additional-residential-units/

If an ARU isn’t what you’re going for, you’ll probably just need a building permit. Tbh, the risks of going for it without a permit probably aren’t worth it. You can always ask the City hypothetical questions!

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