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Tiny home village to open next week in Halifax suburb, part of N.S.’s plan to address homelessness
This tiny home village on Cobequid Road in a Halifax suburb, shown on Thursday, will house up to 70 people when construction is complete. The first phase of homes will be open to residents in the first week of November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
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Supervised drug consumption sites may have earned political and public wrath, but they are more helpful than harmful
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Mayors call for help with ‘humanitarian crisis’ of homelessness
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Municipalities in Ontario say there were 1,400 homeless encampments in their communities last year
Encampment resident 'Pirate' moves belongings from the tented community outside of the St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Anglican Church in Toronto on Nov. 24, 2023. Cities and towns across Ontario saw at least 1,400 homeless encampments in their communities last year, according to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, which is asking the province for guidance on how to handle them, as well as more help to house and support people.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ottawa provides $6.7-million for Nova Scotia organizations helping homeless veterans
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on June 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa becomes the latest city to turn to AI to help it predict chronic homelessness
Downtown Ottawa, is shown on June 6, 2023. In the streets below Parliament Hill in Ottawa, homelessness has become increasingly visible in recent years, part of the same crisis gripping other Canadian cities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Mandating hospitals to record homelessness among patients improves health outcomes, new study finds
Dr. Carolyn Snider, an emergency physician and scientist with St. Michael’s Hospital’s MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, walks through the emergency department at St. Michael’s in downtown Toronto on March 26, 2024. Roughly twenty per cent of the patients she sees in the ER at St. Mike’s are homeless, Dr. Snider says. In the midst of a national housing crisis, ERs become a last refuge for those simply desperate to keep warm or dry. Dr. Snider co-authored a recent study that looked at the rise of non-urgent ER visits by patients experiencing homelessness during the winter months in Ontario. The research identified a province-wide spike in these visits of 24 per cent in 2022/23. In Toronto alone, they rose by 68 per cent. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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Some improvement to Montreal Village but troubles persist, community members say
<p>The art installation know as "18 Shades of Gay," is seen above Ste-Catherine street in Montreal's Gay Village in Montreal on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Members of the community in Montreal's Village neighbourhood say they've seen improvements to local security and cleanliness, but that Quebec needs to do more to support vulnerable people in the area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson</p>
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What does it look like to tackle homelessness? Lessons from a city that tried
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Halifax is allowing homeless encampments in its parks. Should other cities do the same?
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A “cat-and-mouse game” between Saint-Jérôme, Que., and its growing homeless population
An abandoned tent, part of a former encampment, sits in an empty lot located along the Rivière du Nord north of the city centre in Saint-Jérôme, Que. on Thursday, January 18, 2024. Temperatures during the day hovered around -10C, while the overnight temperatures were expected to dip to below -20C. Evan Buhler/The Globe and Mail
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Alberta to provide help for people removed from encampments in Edmonton
An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment in the city. Police inspect a homeless encampment as residents and supporters have a stand off as police prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Homelessness and housing emergency resolution passed by Edmonton city council
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi speaks to the media in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday June 16, 2022. The mayor of Edmonton says he plans to declare a housing and homeless emergency because the system has reached what he calls a "breaking point." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Canadian cities report rise in homelessness and in tent fires as winter sets in
Cities across Canada are reporting a spike in fires in tents and homeless encampments as temperatures drop. Toronto Fire Service attend the scene of an encampment fire in Toronto, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Nova Scotia official says heated shelters for homeless needs community ‘buy in’
A tent encampment on the Grand Parade in Halifax is shown on Oct.16, 2023. The civil servant overseeing delivery of 200 insulated shelters for the homeless in Nova Scotia is pointing to the need for community "buy in" and proper access to services like washrooms before they are installed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lyndsay Armstrong
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Nearly 20% of inmates homeless upon release from Ontario jails, data show
Dale Guenter, a physician at The Hub, a drop-in resource centre for people experiencing homelessness, poses for a photograph in the clinic in Hamilton Ontario on October 27, 2023. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail
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Yes in my backyard: Halifax volunteers help the homeless as winter nears
A tent encampment on the Grand Parade in Halifax is shown on Oct.16, 2023. Halifax Regional Municipality says it will no longer be advising all homeless people living in tents in Grand Parade to leave. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lyndsay Armstrong
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More supports needed to address homelessness, B.C. government says after survey
Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park as the Celebrity Cruises vessel Celebrity Eclipse is docked at port in Vancouver, on August 14, 2022. The British Columbia government says results from the latest surveys of people living on the streets show current support levels aren't enough and more services are needed to address rising homelessness throughout the province. A statement from the Housing Ministry says homelessness counts conducted in 20 B.C. communities over a 24-hour period showed an increase compared with previous counts in 2020 and 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver area saw homeless population increase by 1,200 over past three years
Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park below the towers of the downtown skyline in Vancouver, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. There is a stark contrast between public perception and the reality of how homeless people spend money, a University of British Columbia researcher says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck