CHUM homelessness vigil pays tribute to 59 lives lost
The annual event went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Written By: Peter Passi | × Attendees at CHUM's 2019 Christmas Eve Vigil hold lit candles and signs remembering 37 formerly homeless people and advocates who died that year. This year's event took place not on the steps of the Duluth City Hall, as has been the tradition, but instead shifted to an online gathering so as to reduce the threat of COVID-19 transmission. (Steve Kuchera / file / News Tribune) This year claimed the lives of 59 people in the Duluth area who were experiencing homelessness or were advocates fo...