City politicians passed new rules Tuesday for where homeless people can pitch a tent, but not before a marathon debate about restrictions that could impact the current 120 people and 15 pets living in camps in London. The three-hour discussion included debates over amendments and amendments to amendments, before councillors ultimately voted to pass the community […]
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A proposed 27-room boarding house in Iqaluit would be an affordable place to call home for people who currently live in shelters, says Laurel McCorriston, executive director of the non-profit housing organization Uquutaq Society. The City of Iqaluit’s planning and development committee voted to grant a development permit to Uquutaq during its meeting Tuesday, where
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Nestled against the fence of a tennis court and steps from an elementary school sits an encampment with some 30 tents filled with people without a home. Not long ago, François Moissan was one of them. “I was in the same situation. I got out of it, but now I kind of [give] back. I bring food to the people who
Public computers and shower facilities are two of the new amenities coming to the Windsor’s Homelessness and Housing Help Hub (H4) this summer, part of a council endorsement to expand services at the hub and improve the downtown core. The city said Tuesday that as part of the Strengthen the Core plan approved by council
A series of fires that have burned multiple tiny homes and other shelters in a homeless camp is being described as “odd” by the fire chief in Prince George, B.C. Over the course of two weeks, from May 27 to June 10, seven shelters were destroyed in five separate fires in the Moccasin Flats homeless
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The mobile Mikinakw clinic is more than just medical services. With educational services, cultural animators, traditional healers, and intervention workers, and more, Jennifer Brazeau of the Lanaudière Native Friendship Centre describes the mobile clinic of as their own “mobile friendship centre”. The need for this project was recognized during the pandemic when the Friendship Centre’s
A Sudbury man is building portable toilets to help people in the northern Ontario city who are experiencing homelessness. Holland Marshall said there aren’t many public washrooms available in the city’s downtown core that are open to anyone. “From Monday to Friday there are no public washrooms open at all, [for] 12 hours a day,” he
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Every day, Sabrina Robichaud rides her bike to a mural she made in downtown Moncton for friends who died struggling with homelessness. She tidies up the area around the fence on Dominion Street where she made the mural, and all too often, she’ll add a new name to the list. In the weeks since she started
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A new University of British Columbia report finds climate change has its most severe impact on those living on the streets. New Sustainability Scholars report produced in partnership with Union Gospel Mission shows that unhoused people in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) experience significantly more detrimental health impacts when facing extreme heat and extreme cold. Focusing
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A city council committee is being asked to endorse a plan with updated rules and regulations around London’s 61 homeless encampments. The Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee is set to discuss a newly proposed community encampment response plan from London’s Health and Homelessness Whole of Community System Response. It includes suggestions on rules around health
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