Originally appeared in the December edition of Groundwire
(http://groundwire.ncra.ca/index.cfm/2008/12/9/GroundWire-December-2008-E...)

With the winter season now upon us, some are left to sleep in the cold after the province cut funding to a homeless shelter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pendleton Place, a harm-reduction shelter operating during the winter months, will not be re-opening. As a result, numerous community organizations are fighting to have the decision reversed.