Homeless

Date: Friday, August 1, 2025 A city emergency order cleared homeless camps near Andresen Road, citing public health and environmental concerns. This week’s poll asks if cities should have authority to close such areas permanently. The city of Vancouver recently cleared long-standing homeless camps near Andresen Road under an emergency…

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A file will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after a man and a woman were held for questioning in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman who was attacked at a soup kitchen in Cork city centre last year. Vanessa O’Callaghan had just been given…

Article content Survey results showed that 72 per cent of individuals or families (279 of the 388 surveyed) were chronically homeless, meaning they had experienced homelessness for at least six months in the previous year, or had been homeless for at least 18 months out of the previous three years.…

Camas Councilmember Leslie Lewallen warns that without stronger enforcement and accountability, Washington could lose vital federal funds tied to homelessness and public safety. Leslie Lewallen says ‘the money won’t follow failure — and neither will the trust of the people’ Editor ’s note: These opinions belong to Leslie Lewallen personally,…

President Trump's recent executive order encouraging involuntary commitment of people with mental illness who are homeless provoked a swift response from infectious disease experts, who warned that such moves could disrupt care for conditions ranging from HIV to hepatitis C in already vulnerable communities. The order -- entitled "Ending Crime…

The pool area at the City of Windsor Homelessness and Housing Help Hub shelter is shown on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Article content Windsor will spend millions of dollars filling in a former city pool to create more emergency shelter space downtown. THIS CONTENT…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with the killing of a 68-year-old homeless man who was beaten with an ax and set on fire. Prosecutors on Saturday charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M. in line with…

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The homeless camps near Andresen Road along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail, shown here in April, have been closed by the city. Photo by Paul Valencia Homeless camps were near Andresen Road along the trail for a long time, but earlier this month the city gave notice to those living…