Emma Mann likes her independence. She lives in her Halifax apartment with her cat, Anthony, and gets herself to her part-time job at a local grocery store.
A three-year-long search through 35 properties resulted in just a single recommendation from City of Regina staff on where a permanent, emergency shelter should be located.
Michelle Fuller lost her right eye, cheekbone, some upper teeth and part of the roof of her mouth to cancer. A medical device made of metal and plastic allows her to speak, swallow and eat.
Destiny Greig and her partner Alex Leeder visit Blackie Spit in Surrey, B.C., whenever they can. It's a modest peninsula with a single path running up the middle.