A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time. The University Health Network’s Dunn House has seen great success in the early days for its 51 residents, a model that will expand to help 300 […]

The biggest addiction care and homeless centre in Thompson is expanding as part of a plan to increase care for those who need it most. Construction is underway at the Wellbriety Centre, located on Princeton Drive in northern Manitoba’s largest city. A second building will soon open next to the current one, with more rooms

Dene Elder Paul Andrew says new immigrants to the N.W.T. are often shocked to hear about the history of colonization in Canada. “When they hear about some of the treatments that Indigenous people have gone through since contact, I think they’re shocked and surprised and disappointed to some degree,” he said. Andrew says there are

It came with a price tag of $25.9 million and was supported financially by the federal government. Under One Sky had been operating out of three buildings in the city and started as a child-care centre, but the new centre will incorporate several kinds of family programming. There is an industrial-sized kitchen for catering and

As temperatures drop and Nunavut starts to prepare for another fall, they’re reminded of one of Nunavut’s most urgent problems: housing. Writer Andrew Morrison asserts Nunavut doesn’t need another study to make anyone aware of the crisis. They see it every day not only on the streets of Iqaluit, but in other, more hidden ways:

Michael Glomba says the outreach services in Thunder Bay, Ont., are unlike any he’s seen across the country. Glomba, who’s originally from London, Ont., has lived in many different places across the country. He’s been in the northwestern Ontario city for the last six months and is on a waitlist to get into housing. He

By the time the four-day Nunavut Trade Show wraps up in Iqaluit on Thursday, four more applicants will have been added to the territory’s housing wait list. That’s because, last year, the housing waitlist grew by 365 applicants, says Aaron Pedersen, project manager of housing and homelessness with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. “That’s one more family

Stella’s Circle is stepping up to open 15 new transitional housing units in St. John’s to fill what the organization calls a critical gap. Lead executive officer Laura Winters says she believes the current system is under-serving women and the gender diverse population who are facing homelessness. Currently, Winters says only eight other units like

The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Board of Directors voted to allocate more than $88 million in distinctions-based federal environment and nature funding to Inuit during their meeting in Kuujjuaq September 9. The new Inuit-specific environment funding will strengthen Inuit-led nature and conservation initiatives. This includes $51 million to Inuit Treaty Organizations for the Inuit Guardians program,

Homelessness in Ontario is on the rise, climbing by more than 23 per cent over the past four years to more than 76,000 people, but the province is projected to spend less on it, the fiscal watchdog says in a new report. The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) says in the report released Thursday