Homeless

The current emergency response also means The Bissel Centre will allow more people to use its community space for 10 hours every day Published Jan 27, 2023  •  3 minute read Two people sleep on a warm air exhaust grate outside the Law Courts building in downtown Edmonton, Friday Jan.…

Partner at MP Ventures & Trusts, Nicole Parsons donates to Choices for Youth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending youth homelessness in Canada. Prominent human resources professional and partner at MP Ventures & Trusts, Nicole Parsons Newfoundland generously donates to Choices for Youth (CFY), a nonprofit organization committed to eradicating…

Many US cities have been clearing encampments of homeless people in the past year Shutterstock/Philip Pilosian In the past few months, government officials across the US have announced initiatives to reduce homelessness, a problem that has become more widespread, visible and contentious since the start of the pandemic. Yet many…

The City of Kelowna is taking a page out of Montreal’s book as it tries to find ways to keep homeless people warm during cold snaps. The B.C. city is running a new thermal shelters pilot project. Thanks to funding from BC Housing, Kelowna is getting 27 of the shelters,…

Popular gospel musician, Great Ampong, confessed that despite being a devout Christian, he will always view Muslims as being more charitable and giving than Christians. Speaking in an interview on Happy FM, Ampong stated that he spent nine years sleeping in a church due to his homelessness and lack of employment,…

Jim Roberts, a 65-year-old retired golf professional, first heard about the neighborhood-based social media network Nextdoor in early 2013, when his wife created a group for their neighborhood of West Hills in Bend, Oregon. Initially, the site seemed like a digital bulletin board, a place where people could post about…

The ACT's rate of long-term homelessness - already the worst in the nation - has continued to rise despite a bigger spend on support services. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport,…

TORONTO — Advocates who work with Toronto's homeless community say they've observed an alarming uptick in violence against those who are unhoused – a situation they say has come under the spotlight after recent assaults and the stabbing death of a homeless man in the city. Toronto police and the…

Google’s in-house incubator impacted by layoffs, police contractor that promised to track homeless people hacked, the potential of gravity batteries to power the whole planet. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Monday January 23rd and I am your host, Ashee Pamma Area…

A group of Edmontonians are putting the pedal to the metal in an effort to end homelessness in our city by organizing and participating in the first ‘Cold City Classic’ fundraiser. The group, which is hoping to raise over $10,000 for Boyle Street Community Services, will be riding their bikes…