Devin Edmiston was in the penalty box of the outdoor rink for too long. He had been sleeping there for the past several nights and knew if huddling for warmth in a sin bin was the best shelter he could find, he could no longer handle life on his own.
“There was something inside me, told me, ‘You need to try and find someone to help you,'” Edmiston said, while taking a break from playing piano in a Steinbach, Man., drop-in centre that’s become his safe haven.
He had spent a few years without steady housing.
“It’s hard a lot of the time when you try to get help, your hand is pushed away and nobody
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