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Toronto city council considering keeping warming centres open for the rest of winter
John eats a hot dinner at a meal program for the homeless and marginally housed at St. Stephens-in-the-Fields Church in Toronto on Friday, December 23, 2022. The program, which is run by Rev. Canon Maggie Helwig, serves meals and offers a safe space to drop-in and a warm up from the cold temperatures and is funded by donations and staffed by volunteers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
canada
Manitoba premier hints at financial aid, budget consultations float more tax cuts
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is hinting at more financial aid in the coming days to help people deal with inflation. Stefanson delivers her annual state of the province speech at the convention centre in Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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National organization proposes Ottawa introduce a multibillion-dollar housing benefit to combat homelessness
Various tents are pictured in Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver's downtown eastside Monday, April 27, 2020. The province of British Columbia announced Saturday they will temporarily relocate hundreds of people from tent encampments in Vancouver and Victoria to hotels and community centres to protect them from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
british columbia
Western Canada: The growing impact of homelessness on emergency departments
Emergency room doctor, Dr. Louis Francescutti, photographed at the Royal Alexandra Hospital on Thursday, January 5, 2023, recently treated an unhoused patient who was on their 360th visit to the ER. “I’ve had others that are in the 500 range,” he said. “I’m at work right now -- I came in at six o’clock, and the first six patients I saw were experiencing homelessness.” The Canadian Institute for Health Information will be encouraging doctors, and specifically ER doctors who have become a frequent point of contact for unhoused people, to track the housing status of patients they interact with. Amber Bracken for The Globe & Mail
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Code Z59.0: diagnosing the toll of homelessness on health care
Emergency room doctor, Dr. Louis Francescutti, photographed at the Royal Alexandra Hospital on Thursday, January 5, 2023, recently treated an unhoused patient who was on their 360th visit to the ER. “I’ve had others that are in the 500 range,” he said. “I’m at work right now -- I came in at six o’clock, and the first six patients I saw were experiencing homelessness.” The Canadian Institute for Health Information will be encouraging doctors, and specifically ER doctors who have become a frequent point of contact for unhoused people, to track the housing status of patients they interact with. Amber Bracken for The Globe & Mail
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Tiny home village for homeless opens in Winnipeg
Melissa Stone, co-ordinator of Astum Api Niikinaahk, enters one of the accessible rooms in the tiny house village that just opened for homeless in downtown Winnipeg, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The small village of 22 units and a community lodge has been in the works for the past two years and opened to residents this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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With a world on fire, investors might want to look at private security companies
Ethan Lou
alberta
‘Perfect storm’ of inflation, high prices driving more into homelessness, advocates say
canada
The national housing strategy is ‘failing’ despite record investment, federal advocate says
politics
Federal government unlikely to cut chronic homelessness by half in five years, warns auditor-general
canada
Nobody knows how many homeless deaths occur in Canada each year. In Hamilton, these doctors are trying to find out
canada
Manitoba boosts funding to reduce homelessness, help low-income people
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british columbia
Deaths of homeless people in B.C. rose by 75 per cent in 2021, coroner’s report reveals
canada
Alberta commits combined $187-million in addictions and homelessness funding
canada
St. Michael’s research project aims to improve care access for unhoused people
british columbia
Western Canada: Tent encampments in East Hastings won’t be forcibly removed, Vancouver mayor says
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Ontario’s monkeypox vaccination strategy should include the homeless, advocates say
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