Justine Stewart

Ottawa’s vacant unit tax (VUT) is raking in millions more than expected, leaving some residents and one city councillor wondering whether it’s a fix for the housing crisis or simply a cash grab. The tax charges one per cent of the assessed value of homes left unoccupied for six months or more within one year. It’s meant […]

Shelter information, ID card printing, and mental health and addition support are among some of the services that will be available for homeless Calgarians when a new support centre opens in the city’s downtown core later this year. The navigation and support centre, the second of its kind in the province, is intended to ease

Canada is in a rental housing crisis, with affordable homes disappearing at an alarming rate across the country. According to a CBC News analysis of over 1,000 neighbourhoods across Canada’s largest cities, less than one per cent of rentals are both vacant and affordable for the majority of Canadian renters. To gauge the extent of

The shuttle services operated by Indigenous Project Quebec is the first of its kind for people without a safe place to stay. More than 400 people have taken advantage of their pilot project that helps them get to medical and job appointments. In the morning, the bus provides transportation to the airport for people returning

A memorial was held in Montreal’s Cabot Square on Wednesday, honouring the loss of 33 people who experienced homelessness in the city and died over the past three years. Half of those honoured were Indigenous women. These individuals did not have a proper funeral after they fell victim to the intersecting crises of housing shortages,

Halifax will open a new designated tent site and increase support to overcrowded encampments to help address homelessness, but are asking the provincial government to pay for a tool that city staff say could have the most impact. On Tuesday, Halifax regional council talked at length about how to keep people safe inside encampment sites and

For participants of the Pow Wow 101 program, eight months of work and practice all culminated on May 25, when they attended the Odawa Native Friendship Centre’s 45th annual powwow. On this overcast Saturday, they danced for a cheering crowd, showing off colourful personalized regalia with broad smiles. They all joined Pow Wow 101 because their families

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s Board of Directors voted May 29 to establish a new sub-committee of the Board to better incorporate the positions of Inuit living outside of Inuit Nunangat into the work of ITK. Membership of the sub-committee would reflect ITK Board membership, with each Inuit Treaty Organization and permanent participant appointing a representative. They

The roadmap to ending homelessness by 2030 adopted unanimously by city council on Tuesday describes the different initiatives that need to be put in place for the Greater Sudbury to reach its goals. It involves shifting the approach from one that offers passive services like warming centres to more active solutions like increased options for transitional housing. 

The federal government is investing almost $3 million in the Cowichan Valley and Nanaimo, including Indigenous and urban communities, in 2024-25 to help support programs addressing homelessness issues. The funding will be delivered through the federal Reaching Home program, which helps individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness in accessing or sustaining safe, stable, and