Justine Stewart

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

Indigenous youth from across Canada are being celebrated in a brand new television series called ‘Warrior Up!’. They’re advocating for change in their classrooms, by helping homeless youth, with music, and through powwows. Joel Oulette, the star of Trickster, is one of the show’s hosts, which air Saturday mornings at 10:30 on APTN. He joins

On Monday, residents of an encampment at Milligan’s Park in Barrie, Ont., were issued a bylaw violation notice for camping in a public park without authority and placing debris on city property. The roughly 13 people in the encampment were given 24 hours to pack up and move. However, with no other options and having

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi has high hopes that a new task force will put a dent in the city’s housing and homelessness crisis. Sohi delivered a state of the city address Friday, during which he announced the formation of the community mobilization task force on housing and houselessness. The 16-member group will try to solve

Yukon MLA’s have unanimously passed a motion urging the Liberal government to do an in-depth review on Connective, the non-profit organization that operates the Whitehorse emergency shelter. Last month, a three week inquest examined the deaths of four First Nations women who died while accessing services at the shelter, two of whom died under Connective’s

Police and workers in white suits and balaclavas began clearing out the tent encampment outside Colonial Building in St. John’s on Friday morning. The move comes two days after the provincial government posted signs around the encampment saying tents and unauthorized structures would be removed. The signs included the phone number for the emergency shelter

Last summer, the number of people known to be sleeping outside in Thunder Bay, Ontario, nearly tripled compared to the previous year. City council is considering the feasibility of supported or designated encampments, and has directed staff to report back in June about potential sites and costs. On Friday, Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra announced more