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MLAs Mark Dalton and Doug Bing were part of the opening ceremony. - Special to The TIMES" title=" MLAs Mark Dalton and Doug Bing were part of the opening ceremony." style="border: 0px;" /> MLAs Mark Dalton and Doug Bing were part of the opening ceremony. — image credit: Special to The TIMES Beckman Apartments is now open in Maple Ridge. “Beckman Apartments is a result of our government’s ongoing commitment to develop housing and supports that help people living with mental illness,” said Health Minister Terry Lake . “Thanks to this joint investment, the community is better equipped to respond to the needs of all of its residents.” “People in the Maple Ridge region living with mental illness now have a new supportive place to call home, said Doug Bing, MLA Maple Ridge -Pitt Meadows. “Beckman Apartments provides residents with the support they need to recover in the community,” The new 20-bed residence provides a home-like environment in self- contained...

The staff at Eagle's Landing include, from left, case manager Tonya Cain , Director Steven Dahmer and resident manager Ventura Perkins . (Jo Anne McKnight/Press-Register correspondent)   Eagle's Landing is a 36- unit transitional housing community with supportive services to meet the unique needs of homeless veterans who served in the active military and now find themselves sleeping in shelters or various places not designed for human habitation.  The goal of the Eagle's Landing project is to provide services and housing for up to two years to assist in reintegrating veterans into meaningful employment through their participation in employment training and educational enhancements. Medical and dental care will be available, as will be counseling and other services to help the returning vets build self-esteem and confidence. The apartments at Eagle's Landing are situated in quadriplex units, with each efficiency apartment having its own entrance. The goal, however, is...

The more than three dozen people who live in tents under the Lake Shore Drive bridges at Wilson and Lawrence avenues know better than anyone that the structures need repair. Concrete from the Depression-era bridges is crumbling onto the sidewalks and streets below, posing a deadly hazard to tent-dwellers, as well as motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. So it may seem strange that a homeless advocacy group might sue the city to stop bridge repairs before they start in mid-September. But attorneys for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless want to stop the city's plans to put bike paths on the wide sidewalks under the bridges, which the coalition said would permanently drive the homeless out. "If they put the bike paths in, we ain't going to have room for our tents," said Thomas Gordon, 58, who lives under the Lawrence bridge. The sidewalks can currently accommodate both tents and pedestrians — bike paths would cut the space. The dilemma highlights two local tren...

BARCELONA, Spain — The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked people to pray for a young Australian boy who is missing after a vehicle attack on a popular Barcelona promenade that killed 13 people. Turnbull said Saturday that the boy's mother was badly injured and is in a hospital following Friday's attack at the Las Ramblas promenade . Turnbull says the boy's family is searching for him. He did not release the boy's name. Turnbull says: "All of us as parents know the anguish his father is going through, and his whole family is going through, as they rush to seek to find him in Barcelona." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says four Australians were injured in the attack. ___ 2:35 a.m. Police in Catalonia say they have searched two buses in their hunt for violent extremists believed responsible for a pair of deadly attacks in the northwestern region of Spain. Police say on the...