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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatoon city councillors called out the Saskatchewan government for dragging its feet on the new permanent shelter location during a governance committee meeting Wednesday. Several councillors wondered why a shelter location has not yet been chosen, including Coun. Robert Pearce and Mayor Cynthia Block. “”It really bothers…
By Sarah Jones Global News Posted April 8, 2025 7:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Namerind Housing Corporation in Regina had laid out its plans to what they believe could end chronic and episodic homelessness in the city. After several months of consultations with community partners in the…
By Nicole Healey Global News Posted April 1, 2025 8:08 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatoon’s new temporary shelter is officially open at 210 Pacific Ave., the same day the city’s two warming shelters have closed for the season. This week, temperatures are still dropping down to the…
With the summer season only a couple of months away, residents of tent encampments throughout the city have seen an increase in population. William Thompson has been a resident of the Geary Street encampment for a month but has been sleeping rough for the past year. “In the past week, we’ve had at least three,…
As remediation work continued at Kelowna, B.C.’s, homeless encampment along the Okanagan Rail Trail for the second day, the city announced more sweeping changes for the tent city and the roughly 90 people sheltering there. “It’s at a point where we believe it’s time for a change to try and do better with what we…
There was a heavy RCMP and city bylaw presence at Kelowna, B.C.’s tent city Wednesday morning as residents sheltering on site woke up to some major changes. “We woke up and the fence was around us, all the way around the entirety of this place,” said tent city resident Blake Mercury. The city conducts a…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ninety-three-year-old Clifford Labree has been living at the Surrey Urban Mission’s shelter for a year and a half. He has no other options and fears being out on the street. “Where am I going to go there’s nothing,” Labree told Global News. “Here I get help. Here…
The painful toll of the province’s homelessness crisis is on full display just steps away from the Law Courts in Vancouver, where a man has been hovering over a small steam grate on the sidewalk for weeks. During Sunday’s pouring rain storm, the man was wrapped in soaking wet blankets while trying to stay warm…
Firefighters are currently at the scene. Flames and smoke billow into the sky.(Image: Supplied.) Flames billow into the sky after ripping through a building as firefighters battle to bring the blaze under control. Witnesses say residents were evacuated amid the fire. The incident is still ongoing after the building caught light earlier this evening. Firefighters…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Hamilton says it has cleared more than a dozen encampments from public property as of this week under a municipal bylaw, following the council’s repeal of a protocol that had permitted them. In 2023, the city approved an encampment protocol that allowed outdoor shelters…
