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Posted on 27/11/02

Hard times hit homeless agency

It started with a few benevolent churches opening their basements as makeshift shelters to homeless people in Toronto during the blustery winter months.A decade later, the Out of the Cold agency, which shelters about 200 homeless people a night -- those who shun mainstream hostels -- had racked up more than $1-million in debt, and was spinning out of control before the City of Toronto reined it in.

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