Man pushing shopping cart across Canada to raise awareness of homelessness
MEDICINE HAT, AB — A Vancouver man who at one point was living on the streets is travelling across the country in an effort to change how communities tackle homelessness.
Joe Roberts arrived in Medicine Hat Wednesday morning on the Push for Change Tour. Roberts is pushing a shopping cart across Canada to raise awareness of chronic homelessness.
Roberts began his journey is Newfoundland last year, and ends in Vancouver in September.