Saskatoon is aiming to address its housing crisis by targeting the “missing middle” of the housing continuum, which seeks to diversify affordable housing options. According to a recent Statistics Canada report, Saskatoon’s census metropolitan area grew by 16,161 people last year. To keep pace, the city needs over 5,000 new homes, but fewer than half […]

Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff recently issued a statement clarifying “misinformed and incorrect” remarks he made about the city’s drug policies. In a Chronicle-Journal article, Boshcoff had claimed Thunder Bay was designated as a “Safe Supply City,” attracting people seeking free drugs, and expressed frustration over the situation. In his follow-up letter, Boshcoff corrected the

On Wednesday, about 70 people gathered at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre in Yellowknife for a roundtable discussion on homelessness, organized by the City of Yellowknife and facilitated by Wally Czech from the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Participants included city councillors, service providers, residents, and University of Toronto students, though few individuals with

Rae Paul, a housing coordinator with the Youth Project in Halifax, has been working for a year to assist 2SLGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness. Over the past ten months, Paul has helped over 35 queer and transgender individuals, but only managed to secure stable housing for five or six. Many clients have been rejected or expelled

Yellowknife shelters are in a state of crisis, struggling to accommodate a growing number of unhoused individuals. The Salvation Army men’s shelter, designed for 31 people, has been averaging over 50 residents nightly. Due to fire safety concerns, the shelter has capped its intake at 45 people, but the situation remains dire, with many people

Saskatchewan’s minister of social services describes Regina city council’s decision to not purchase property for a permanent emergency shelter as a “setback” in addressing homelessness in the city. Gene Makowsky also admitted that although the province is willing to provide funding to assist cities in creating shelters, the commitment is not limitless.  Makowsky said he is confident in the City

Jack O’Halloran, CEO of Surrey Urban Mission, says the Healthy Living Complex, which provides showers and laundry to those in need, might shut down by Aug. 15 because their funding is running out. Open since November of 2022, the Healthy Living Complex has run on the original funding from the Union of British Columbia Municipalities

Nunavut Housing Corp. is going on a tour of 10 hamlets as part of the Government of Nunavut’s effort to build 3,000 housing units across the territory by 2030. The travel, from July 2 to 19, is intended to help the housing corporation identify the “most efficient use” of resources to work toward that goal,

The Region of Waterloo has purchased a building in downtown Kitchener from YW Kitchener-Waterloo to use as a permanent emergency shelter. Regional councillors approved the purchase of the building on Wednesday night at a cost of $9.46 million. YW Kitchener-Waterloo has operated a women’s emergency shelter at 84 Frederick St. in Kitchener since the early

There is $6.8 million in Jordan’s Principle funding approved for Naujaat, but it won’t be coming to the community because the hamlet’s council turned down the money. Jordan’s Principle is administered through the federal Department of Indigenous Services to ensure all First Nations and Inuit children in Canada have access to the health and educational