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WASHINGTON - As he drove past the intersection of 21st and E streets in Northwest Washington, a 68-year-old man peered through the window,struck by an encampment of homeless people here that grew from 10 tents to 20 in the past year. Then 30. Now 40. The people living in those…

Construction is about to start on Edmonton’s new Homes for Heroes village. The community of tiny homes is set to open in October and will welcome vulnerable and at-risk military veterans. “In Edmonton, we know that there’s over 200 hundred veterans. We already have a waiting list for the Edmonton…

Author of the article: Anna Junker Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021  •  April 18, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  65 Comments The temporary homeless shelter at the Edmonton Convention Center on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson says he has “serious concerns”…

Tributes for former Bad Boy Records artist Black Rob poured in on Saturday as the “Whoa!” rapper is being remembered as “one of the great millennium-era crime rap novelists.” “RIP Black Rob, one of the great millennium-era crime rap novelists, gruff but with Harlem slickness, who endured fire & brimstone…

The Mosquito Coast, a new 7-episode Apple TV+ thriller that debuts April 30 on the streamer, is in some respects a perfect pandemic-era binge. For obvious reasons, a show about escape and starting over, and reducing one’s existence to the protection of family, might feel especially relevant to viewers who’ve…

Secretly Canadian will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer with a series of reissues, singles, and more — raising money to fight homelessness in Bloomington, Indiana. The label kicked off their year-long SC25 project with reissues of the War on Drugs’ Wagonwheel Blues, Jens Lekman’s When I Said I Wanted…

The pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine may be jeopardizing access for some of the trickiest people to vaccinate, public health experts say. While the pause won't make much of a dent in overall supply because of pre-existing manufacturing issues, the vaccine has unique properties that make it…

Homeless Americans who have been left off priority lists for coronavirus vaccinations - or even bumped aside as states shifted eligibility to older age groups - are finally getting their shots as vaccine supplies increase. While the U.S. government has only incomplete data on infections among homeless people, it’s clear…

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TANNA ISLAND, Vanuatu - The chief of an indigenous group in the South Pacific island of Vanuatu that venerated Prince Philip offered condolences to Britain's royal family on Sunday and recalled meeting the late prince during a visit to England.     "The connection between the people on the Island of Tanna…