Premier Gordon Campbell: Voice Of Reason

Squalor Dept: This is a pity. They deserve better than being footnotes to a political tiff. Space constraints restrict me from looking at them all, and my apologies to those I have omitted, but what follows are lamentably short sketches of three of those recipients, according to Vancouver Sun. In the highly politicized world of advocacy for the homeless, O'Shannacery is a voice of reason, and a woman who brings personal experience to the field. A runaway at the age of 14, she lived on the streets, surviving the squalor, the offers of drugs or shelter for sex, an attempted rape at knifepoint and when it was announced Premier Gordon Campbell was being awarded the Order of B.C., the ensuing spectacle overshadowed the accolades due the other less-wellknown recipients. The province is lucky to have them. All honours to: . Karen O'Shannacery, 60, executive director of the Lookout Society, a non-profit shelter provider for the homeless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.