Homeless

An unhoused person is covered in a sheet outside of the Mustard Seed downtown shelter earlier this week. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Article content A little more than a year ago, two candidates for Saskatoon mayor announced their bids on the same June day. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED…

Eleven people were hospitalized after being stabbed at a homeless services provider in downtown Salem, Oregon, on Sunday night, police said. A suspect was in custody after the violence at 7:15 p.m. at Union Gospel Mission, Salem police spokeswoman Angela Hedrick said. The injured were taken to Salem Hospital, Hedrick…

What if the solution to homelessness wasn’t more shelters, but fewer evictions? In Santa Clara County, a new model backed by tech money and data-driven strategy is quietly redefining how a community tackles housing insecurity. Its method is simple: Catch families before they fall. Working directly with landlords, a county…

City workers clear garbage and personal belongings of homeless people on Murray Street in Ottawa Friday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Article content Tents were taken away by City of Ottawa staff as they dismantled several homeless encampments in the Byward Market on Friday afternoon. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR…

Article content And, once again, the count showed that homelessness is disproportionately affecting Indigenous people, who make up less than 12 per cent of Saskatoon’s population, but accounted for 81 per cent of those identified in the homeless count. Article content Remarkably, that’s actually a decrease from the two previous…

THE homeless man who befriended rough sleeper British tourist Hannah Almond in Peru has tragically died just days after she was found. The 32-year-old from Grimsby slept rough under the Belén Bridge with the elderly man and was even filmed trying to stop cops from taking him away after locals…

Peter Bracchi believes that it’s imperative that we take comprehensive action to address PFAS contamination — this includes not only treating our water supply but also preventing further pollution from ongoing sources Editor ’s note: Opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are those of the author alone and…

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 28, 2025 2:00 pm Updated May 28, 2025 5:33 pm 1 min read 1:58 Halifax says it is closing one of the five remaining designated homeless encampments WATCH: A long-standing tent encampment site in Dartmouth is being shut down by the city.…

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Street Roots. On a Thursday morning in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood, two dozen people mill around a warehouse, waiting for the results of a lottery. At 7:45 sharp, a woman sitting in an interior office calls out three numbers in quick…

Despite years of representing Nigeria and winning major titles across West Africa, former boxing champion Prince Bob Alagoro is now homeless. In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @General_Somto, the former West African champion poured out his frustration and pain, lamenting how he now squats in someone’s…