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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

A new initiative is asking people under 30 to create animations to combat stigma around homelessness. Host Molly Thomas speaks with professor Carrie Anne Marshall about how stigma harms people experiencing homelessness, and the impact an initiative like this could have. Listen to the full story on CBC:

A new community patrol gearing up to hit the streets of Winnipeg is being led by Indigenous women and family members of one of the victims of a serial killer who’s currently on trial. The group has filed to reserve the name “Morgan’s Warriors” as a non-profit, and they have been working on a community needs assessment

It’s been just over a year since P.E.I.’s Residential Tenancy Act came into force, and now both landlords and tenants are calling for changes to the legislation. The province’s housing minister has hinted that some amendments are likely to come in the fall, but it’s not clear what those could involve. The long-awaited act was

Women and children fleeing interpersonal violence will soon have access to new affordable rental units in Meadow Lake in part thanks to investments by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan. Today, Minister of Trade and Export Development and MLA for Meadow Lake Jeremy Harrison, on behalf of Minister of Social Services and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Housing Corporation Gene Makowsky,