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Keith Gerein: Edmonton’s effort against homelessness has a vital new venue, but why was it so difficult? Homeless

Keith Gerein: Edmonton’s effort against homelessness has a vital new venue, but why was it so difficult?

Article content Still, as unpleasant as that situation became, the biggest holdup to the King Thunderbird Centre was aggressive community opposition. Article content Some of this was the usual, partially legitimate concerns about insufficient consultation and the effects of further concentrating homelessness-based services in a small Chinatown business area already dealing with a…
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December 19, 2025
‘No plans to change’: Toronto spent $35M on private security contracts this year Homeless

‘No plans to change’: Toronto spent $35M on private security contracts this year

The City of Toronto is facing questions about the cost of guards it deploys at locations like homeless shelters and encampments, with various private security companies signed up to contracts worth a total of roughly $109 million. Data shared with Global News by the city shows Toronto is currently tied…
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December 18, 2025
Washington’s Homeless Hide in Plain Sight, Growing Sicker and Costing Taxpayers More Homeless

Washington’s Homeless Hide in Plain Sight, Growing Sicker and Costing Taxpayers More

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a canopy of pine, hemlock, and cedar trees. He evades authorities by rotating use of three tents…
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December 18, 2025
London faces record number of homeless children this Christmas as numbers in temporary accommodation surge Homeless

London faces record number of homeless children this Christmas as numbers in temporary accommodation surge

A record number of children in the capital will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation, London’s councils have revealed. The capital is facing a “homelessness emergency,” driven by soaring living costs, a shortage of affordable housing, and insecure private rentals. On Christmas Day, an estimated 210,000 Londoners will be homeless and…
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December 17, 2025
Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in “New Gilded Age” Homeless

Homelessness Is About Affordability: Author Patrick Markee on the Housing Crisis in “New Gilded Age”

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. In a moment, we’re going to go to the Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Aram Roston, who wrote the piece,…
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December 16, 2025
‘This building will change lives’: King Thunderbird Centre opens its doors Homeless

‘This building will change lives’: King Thunderbird Centre opens its doors

Jordan Reiniger, executive director at Boyle Street Community Services, speaks at the official opening ceremony of the King Thunderbird Centre in Chinatown on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Shaughn Butts /Postmedia Article content Four years ago, Boyle Street Community Services executive director Jordan Reiniger stood in a concrete shell…
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December 15, 2025