Homeless

The City of Barrie is set to vote Wednesday night on whether to prevent the distribution of food, tents and other items to homeless individuals on public property -- a proposal heavily criticized by the federal housing advocate. The city north of Toronto passed a motion last month directing staff…

A new study challenges the commonly held belief that people experiencing homelessness across the country flock to California...Read More

NEWS RELEASE CANADIAN DRUG POLICY COALITION ************************* Last night (June 19), advocates camped out at city hall in Barrie to protest the municipality’s attempt to push through a bylaw amendment that would effectively criminalize supporting people who are experiencing homelessness. The proposed bylaw amendment would introduce fines ranging from $500…

This is the horrifying moment a homeless robber followed a 73-year-old grandmother and her granddaughter into their home and violently hurled them into the street in an 'attempted kidnapping' that has shocked France. The elderly woman and the seven-year-old were dragged out of their house and sent crashing to the…

MacKillop House is among the homelessness services to receive funding in the 2023-23 ACT budget. Picture by Jamila Toderas Homelessness services will get a boost to their funding in the upcoming ACT budget to help meet increasing demand. Sarah covers all stages of education in the capital, from early childhood…

Plan 'will reduce the humility and dignity provided to individuals who are experiencing homelessness,' says Gilbert Centre official BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at . Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter, from Champagne Thomson on behalf of the Gilbert Centre, is in…

Thrive to Survive brings dozens of social services under one roof to allow for the homeless to get help in a number of ways, all at one location. Thrive 2 Survive has four events a year at Living Hope Church in Vancouver, including one on Saturday, June 17, from 9…

Afropop singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, known by his stage name, Iyanya, has revealed that his colleague, Kingsley Okonkwo aka Kcee accommodated him when he first moved to Lagos. He revealed this during a recent interview with Naija FM 102.7, explaining that Kcee allowed him to stay under his roof for…

A grand jury has indicted ex-marine veteran Daniel Penny for the murder of Jordan Neely, a homeless subway rider. The indictment came after Penny held Neely in a chokehold for three minutes, resulting in Neely's death. Penny surrendered himself to the authorities at a New York City precinct and was…

Screengrabs: Anthony Furey for Mayor platform Anthony Furey, a former Toronto Sun columnist, is running to be the mayor of Toronto in the June 26 election. Furey has a conservative platform that calls for increased police at tent encampments, dismantling bike lanes, scrapping a harm reduction program offering clean crack pipes…