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Toronto’s $13M in hotel shelter overspending could have paid for 52,000 room nights for homeless people
The City of Toronto overspent by $13.2 million over two years on emergency hotel shelters, according to a fiscal audit…
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Opioid overdoses spike in homeless shelters despite Toronto’s harm-reduction program
Jennifer Jewell has lived in one of Toronto's shelter hotels for the past year
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Toronto’s homeless advocates demand better winter plan from city
Members of Toronto's homeless community and their advocates say they want a better winter plan from the city
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Toronto councillor, doctor say city must stop using police to clear homeless encampments
A Toronto city councillor and a high-profile doctor are speaking out against forced evictions of homeless encampments, saying the city must stop…
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The Scott Mission
With the increase of tents scattered around the city’s parks and open spaces, it seems the streets of Toronto have…
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Toronto criou mais um programa para retirar sem abrigos das ruas, mas a habitação na cidade continua a ser um problema
A habitação nas cidades é um problema antigo, mas a pandemia obrigou as cidades a serem criativas e a encontrarem…
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Quase 10.000 pessoas vivem nas ruas de Toronto
O choque passou a dar lugar a uma certa indiferença – olhamos, não gostamos do que vemos, mas desviamos rapidamente…
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O céu que nos protege
Olá, muito bom dia, Excelente sexta-feira para todos. Espero-os bem. Meio de março, quem me dera que este ano já…
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Feds push Legault to ease curfew rules, say homeless man’s death in Montreal was avoidable
The federal government is adding its voice to those calling on Premier François Legault to relax how curfew rules are applied…
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City has far fewer homeless shelter beds than it claims it has, street pastor says
A Toronto street pastor is accusing city staff of giving out inaccurate information about the number of beds available daily…
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Mayor, councillor call for more security patrols, needle pickups around Roehampton hotel
Toronto Mayor John Tory and Coun. Josh Matlow are calling for urgent “additional, effective and immediate measures” to help…
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Poverty and Homelessness in Toronto
It remains a sad reality that in our society and across the world poverty and homelessness remains an enduring challenge…
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1 dead after fire at homeless encampment
One person has died following a fire at a homeless encampment under a bridge near Bloor Street East and Mount Pleasant…
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Meet the Toronto man who is spending $400 a month to live in a backyard yurt
With rents soaring and affordable housing in short supply, one Toronto man has found a unique place to live: a…
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How this Toronto man created an ‘Uber Eats-style’ food rescue program
Tony Colley knows what it feels like to be hungry. Three years ago at age 44, the former banker had…
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Supportive housing plan ‘big step’ toward ending chronic homelessness, advocates say
Through a new plan developed by senior city staff, Toronto is making a “big step” toward providing more supportive housing, advocates…
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At Home but Homeless
One of the comforts of life is to have a place to go where we feel secure and away from…
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Winnipeg homeless community displaced by rising water levels
High river levels brought on by an intense snowstorm more than a week ago have forced people living in one…
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How booming Brampton is dealing with a spike in homelessness
Brampton is one of the country’s fastest growing cities, but its political and business leaders say they’re discovering a downside…
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N.S. expat living in Bahamas works to rebuild life after Hurricane Dorian
A former North Preston, N.S., woman who lost six friends and everything she owned when Hurricane Dorian ripped through the…
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Mayors tell B.C. they need help managing homeless populations in their towns
Hours after the B.C. government announced more money for municipalities to fight the overdose crisis, a number of local leaders…
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Cabbagetown residents blame supervised injection site for crime spike
Some residents in Cabbagetown are blaming a local supervised injection site for an increase in crime and drugs in their…
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Homeless immigrant builds ‘magnificent’ Winnipeg shack after promise of better life in Canada falls through
Swallows flutter out from beneath a bridge over a shallow Winnipeg creek next to where Allan Par has made himself…
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City crews demolish homeless encampment under Gardiner Expressway
City crews cleared out a homeless encampment on Wednesday under the Gardiner Expressway downtown following a fire in a tent…
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It’s called ‘The Cramper’ and it could provide a safe space for the homeless
It looks like a gardening shed on wheels, but it turns out it’s giving one formerly homeless man a place…
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Hotel housing hundreds of homeless and refugees sold to developer
A Toronto hotel currently housing some 500 homeless people and asylum seekers is being sold to a private developer, CBC…
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