Homeless

City Rector Anthony Buckley has shared his thoughts with the Oxford Mail this Christmas which you can exclusively read here: We have always told stories. It is a way to articulate what we are feeling, or what we are wanting to feel, about what is happening in our lives. Often…

Manager of H.E.L.P. Team Boyle Street Community Services Doug Cooke checks on homeless people and hands out supplies in Edmonton on Dec. 9, 2021.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press Toronto is opening three emergency warming centres earlier than planned to help homeless people survive an arctic cold snap that has already caused…

Kelowna has seen some extremely cold temperatures the last few days, with overnight lows dropping to -30 C. As part of the city’s ongoing commitment to the homeless, a warming bus will be provided for the Rail Trail homeless encampment. This bus will be provided daily, starting at 5 p.m.,…

Christine Wilson-Furlonger, administrator at Street Help grabs gloves and hand-warmers to hand out to clients at the organization on Thursday December 22, 2022. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star A local advocate for homeless people is calling on the city to open a temporary warming centre as fierce winter weather…

Eight teen girls accused in senseless murder of homeless man expected to spend the holidays locked up The parkette at Front St. W. and University Ave. where a homeless man, 59, was stabbed to death, allegedly by eight young teenage girls, on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. Photo by Joe Warmington…

TORONTO — The case of a group of teen girls charged in the “swarming” death of a homeless man is exceedingly rare, police and an expert said Wednesday as investigators worked to piece together how an alleged fight over a liquor bottle escalated to fatal violence. Toronto police have said…

Some Santa Monica property owners posted a sign in a busy shopping area saying the coastal California city "is not safe" because of crime and homelessness. "We've had enough," Jessica Rogers, a member of the Santa Monica Coalition, told KTTV-TV about the sign which is displayed on Santa Monica’s famed…

A man has been urged to sue his ex-wife and make her homeless in the run-up to Christmas. In a viral Reddit post, user RunLive1056 explained he divorced his ex-wife 15 years ago and they share custody of their daughter, now 18. He said he "fought hard" for the house…

Toronto police say the accused teenagers appear to have talked to each other mostly on the internet before deciding to meet up in real life.Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press Police say eight girls, all between the ages of 13 and 16, swarmed, stabbed and killed a man who was living in…

"I haven't heard city council taking the provincial government to task yet, so at the very least, I would hope that they will step up and do that." Development coordinator Aurora Marinari for Carmichael Outreach stands for a portrait beside a heap of donations on Monday, December 19, 2022 in…