City of Winnipeg begins clearing homeless camp
Dozens of homeless people in Winnipeg are looking for a new place to seek shelter…
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Indigenous friendship centres, service providers scramble to provide programming amid COVID-19 shutdown
Indigenous friendship and support centres in Ottawa are cancelling non-essential services and programs while scrambling…
Vancouver stepping up to protect street people amid pandemic
Vancouver is home to a large number of people whose lifestyle makes it nearly impossible…
New report on youth homelessness hopes to get the B.C. government’s attention
The representative for children and youth in British Columbia says young people leaving government care…
‘We need to do more:’ Ottawa mayor meets with federal ministers to talk about housing
Florence Ittusardjuat moved to Ottawa from Iqaluit due to the northern housing crisis, and says…
City of Ottawa declares ‘historic’ affordable housing and homelessness emergency
City councillors voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass a motion declaring a homelessness and affordable…
Indigenous agencies say they can’t be an ‘afterthought’ when dealing with homelessness in Ottawa
Governments need to include more Indigenous voices if they’re going to address the overrepresentation of…
A crisis on two fronts: The urban Inuit caught between two housing shortages
While a holiday lunch is being served behind her, Andrea Carter sits at one of…
Ottawa’s homeless feel forgotten in the shadow of Parliament
Indigenous peoples comprise only two per cent of Ottawa’s population. But they represent one quarter…