Justine Stewart

Halifax council has voted unanimously to approve a slew of zoning changes following a two-day public hearing and hours of debate. Councillors heard from dozens of people on Tuesday and Wednesday about the slew of new rules stemming from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund. The city received $79 million from Ottawa last year to fast-track […]

A new health centre based in Whitecap Dakota First Nation will offer virtual care to remote and rural communities in Saskatchewan, and eventually across Canada, officials said Thursday. The $27-million virtual health hub will include teams of physicians, nurses and other health-care workers who can remotely assess patients in real-time in their home communities. The Saskatchewan Indian

Despite $443 million in new annual spending aimed to reduce homelessness the number of people without a roof over their head has grown by 20 per cent in Canada, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The new $443 million was a 374 per cent increase compared to prior spending, but it doesn’t appear to be

In a move to tackle homelessness in Ottawa, the Ontario government has announced it will spend over $9.5 million on the development of more than 100 supportive housing units in the city. The funding will support a total of three projects by Shepherds of Good Hope, Cornerstone Housing for Women and the Ottawa Mission’s Florence

Shelters in Canada are not designed to meet the physical or mental health needs of the growing number of older adults who are homeless, a report released Tuesday says. People who are experiencing homelessness age faster than those who are housed due to factors such as stress and the inability to properly manage chronic medical

In light of Canada’s significant housing supply shortage, dramatically increasing the country’s pace of construction and housing starts are critical steps to restoring affordability. In 2023, housing starts decreased slightly from previous record-highs to 240,267 starts, while roughly 650,000 workers were building homes in Canada, the most ever seen. In the article, What is Canada’s

Homeless people spend twice as long in hospital and cost the system more than double than people who have a place to live, a new analysis of data shows. Last year across Canada, nearly 30,000 people who were homeless were hospitalized and spent an average of 15 days in the hospital, compared to an eight-day

Ryan Heron and his partner have packed up the last of their belongings from their three-bedroom home on K’atl’odeeche First Nation in the Northwest Territories. Their landlord has decided to move back in. Heron’s family paid a reasonable $1,000 per month for rent, which is considered low nowadays. In exchange, they also helped fix up

Almost three months after 60 tiny homes opened in downtown Kelowna, B.C., a second transitional housing site is finally complete. “We’re going to be providing housing to 60 people who are currently experiencing homelessness in our community and this is going to be a stepping stone for them so it’s transitional housing for individuals,” said

People living at a homeless encampment in Gatineau are facing an uncertain future as a developer that has provided heated tents and other services on the property for the past five months prepares to discontinue those services and eventually clear the site. The camp, located in a parking lot adjacent to the Robert Guertin Centre