Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁
@cathycrowe.bsky.social
Longtime 🇨🇦 street nurse|✍️Dying for a Home & Knapsack Full of Dreams|✍️on urban issues.
Fighting for a national🏡 program.
www.cathycrowe.ca
Fighting for a national🏡 program.
www.cathycrowe.ca
‼️Toronto reports 321 ppl in the 7 warming sites last night, Jan 25. That is 106.6% capacity. While the policy directive is to not turn anyone away, you can imagine how difficult the conditions are.
Relief in the form of an additional site is needed.
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Relief in the form of an additional site is needed.
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Daily Shelter & Overnight Service Usage
This page reports data on the daily occupancy and capacity of Toronto’s shelter system. It is a daily snapshot of the occupancy and capacity of the system, updated every day except weekends and holida...
www.toronto.ca
January 26, 2026 at 10:38 PM
‼️Toronto reports 321 ppl in the 7 warming sites last night, Jan 25. That is 106.6% capacity. While the policy directive is to not turn anyone away, you can imagine how difficult the conditions are.
Relief in the form of an additional site is needed.
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Relief in the form of an additional site is needed.
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Monday morning. Awaiting the identical 26 responses from city councillors + mayor once they get their prepared statements from TSSS General Manager.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Monday morning. Awaiting the identical 26 responses from city councillors + mayor once they get their prepared statements from TSSS General Manager.
Toronto public health official, rather than advocating for additional emergency shelters to open in a ‼️extreme cold storm alert, suggests emergency rooms and subways are backup. @mayoroliviachow.ca
Warming centres at 103%.
Warming centres at 103%.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Toronto public health official, rather than advocating for additional emergency shelters to open in a ‼️extreme cold storm alert, suggests emergency rooms and subways are backup. @mayoroliviachow.ca
Warming centres at 103%.
Warming centres at 103%.
In 2007 @CBC The Current host @avilewis.ca interviewed myself + Dri, one of the activists from #TentCity.
Avi is one of the best interviewers ever. Dri's voice is like velvet. Give a listen. 22'.
#RIPower Dri. Miss you.
#ThrowbackThursday #funfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxg...
Avi is one of the best interviewers ever. Dri's voice is like velvet. Give a listen. 22'.
#RIPower Dri. Miss you.
#ThrowbackThursday #funfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxg...
CBC The Current 2007 Avi Lewis + Crowe + Dri
YouTube video by Cathy Crowe
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
In 2007 @CBC The Current host @avilewis.ca interviewed myself + Dri, one of the activists from #TentCity.
Avi is one of the best interviewers ever. Dri's voice is like velvet. Give a listen. 22'.
#RIPower Dri. Miss you.
#ThrowbackThursday #funfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxg...
Avi is one of the best interviewers ever. Dri's voice is like velvet. Give a listen. 22'.
#RIPower Dri. Miss you.
#ThrowbackThursday #funfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxg...
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
Reposted by Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁
Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star
January 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
48 stories. #miningthesky
“A plan to partially demolish a 139-year-old church has set off an uproar in a Cabbagetown neighbourhood.”Yes, but so do a few brightly coloured strollers on a porch so let’s get this built, Toronto.
A 19th-century Toronto church could be the site of 130 new affordable units. But should it? | CBC News
A plan to partially demolish a 139-year-old church has set off an uproar in a Cabbagetown neighbourhood. But a city councillor and a housing advocate say they're in favour of the plan, arguing it will...
www.cbc.ca
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
48 stories. #miningthesky
‼️”The Health Ministry says that the homeless, those living in a detention centre + those living under the same roof as a person with the disease have an increased risk of catching the disease.”
#toronto had an outbreak in the past + an inquest. It’s just a matter of time. #congregateshelters
#toronto had an outbreak in the past + an inquest. It’s just a matter of time. #congregateshelters
Quebec, and Montreal specifically, has been seeing a rise in the number of people with tuberculosis over the past year.
Tuberculosis cases rising in Montreal and other regions of Quebec
Quebec, and Montreal specifically, has been seeing a rise in the number of people with tuberculosis over the past year.
bit.ly
January 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
‼️”The Health Ministry says that the homeless, those living in a detention centre + those living under the same roof as a person with the disease have an increased risk of catching the disease.”
#toronto had an outbreak in the past + an inquest. It’s just a matter of time. #congregateshelters
#toronto had an outbreak in the past + an inquest. It’s just a matter of time. #congregateshelters
There’s one thing we should remember every time a severe snowstorm hits. Bandaids don't stop the bleeding.
Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.
My full article here:
archive.ph/xzhhN
Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.
My full article here:
archive.ph/xzhhN
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
There’s one thing we should remember every time a severe snowstorm hits. Bandaids don't stop the bleeding.
Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.
My full article here:
archive.ph/xzhhN
Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.
My full article here:
archive.ph/xzhhN
This storm predicted yesterday. Why @mayoroliviachow.ca can these sites not open earlier than 5pm? @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
@chrismoise.ca
@ausmalik.bsky.social
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
@shjntoronto.bsky.social
@chrismoise.ca
@ausmalik.bsky.social
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
@shjntoronto.bsky.social
Additional Warming Centres will open at 5 p.m. due to extreme cold temperatures:
📍 Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil St.
📍 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre, 870 Queen St. E.
The previously opened Warming Centres remain open. Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
📍 Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil St.
📍 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre, 870 Queen St. E.
The previously opened Warming Centres remain open. Find locations: toronto.ca/warmingcentres.
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This storm predicted yesterday. Why @mayoroliviachow.ca can these sites not open earlier than 5pm? @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
@chrismoise.ca
@ausmalik.bsky.social
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
@shjntoronto.bsky.social
@chrismoise.ca
@ausmalik.bsky.social
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
@shjntoronto.bsky.social
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
#RIP I was thinking about Bruce several times this week. As a columnist with the #torontostar he was, as far as I know, the first and only journalist/columnist to enter a shelter and write about it. There’s a life lesson for journalism.
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
#RIP I was thinking about Bruce several times this week. As a columnist with the #torontostar he was, as far as I know, the first and only journalist/columnist to enter a shelter and write about it. There’s a life lesson for journalism.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
Reposted by Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁
The Toronto Sun needs to fire Bryan Passifiume.
A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Toronto Sun needs to fire Bryan Passifiume.
Is anyone else feeling like many of the usual pundits on mainstream 🇨🇦 news are unprepared to analyze what’s going on in the Trump world right now?
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Is anyone else feeling like many of the usual pundits on mainstream 🇨🇦 news are unprepared to analyze what’s going on in the Trump world right now?
Seen on X in a group I’m in.
Kind of makes you question medical education.
Kind of makes you question medical education.
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Seen on X in a group I’m in.
Kind of makes you question medical education.
Kind of makes you question medical education.
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@mayoroliviachow.ca while you are entitled to go to Mexico this is just wrong. #Underyourwatch
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
@mayoroliviachow.ca while you are entitled to go to Mexico this is just wrong. #Underyourwatch