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[Alfred Skead] reeks of blue-green mouthwash, the drink of choice among Kenora street people. You can smell it 10 metres away, as if he's showered in it, and it is a source of mild amusement to me that while picking up stinky trash, I can smell nothing but the sweet artificial scent of Alfred's mouthwash.
[Charles Hager] is a bull. He's got the toughest job, pushing what's called the "street litter wagon," a kind of backwards rickshaw into which we dump all our garbage. It's a hot, muggy morning but my impression is you'd have to wrestle Charles to the ground before he'd let you or anyone else push the wagon.The local union of public employees wants to stop [Buck]'s Brigade because it says Matiowski is taking away union jobs. One valid point the union makes is that proper safety precautions aren't always taken. Charles moves the street litter wagon into traffic too often, and that's something that needs to be addressed.See the full content of this document
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Down, but Not Completely Out
Kenora's trash-busting vagrants don't always show up for work, but when they do, they're part of a team
By Bill RedekopKENORA -- Ask Alfred Skead where he sleeps at night, and he replies: "All over the place." Ask him where he slep...See the full content of this document
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