Homeless

An unhoused person covers themself in a sheet outside of the Mustard Seed downtown. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Article content Data on homelessness and community safety in Saskatoon will soon be consolidated to help local stakeholders address those…

A Seattle business owner has slammed city bureaucrats after he was forced to pay hefty fines when a homeless camp took over his vacant building.  Sam Hawley hit out at leaders in the vagrant-riddled city for exacerbating his problems after his business, JOANN Fabric and Crafts, went bankrupt earlier this…

A photo taken by photographer James Mahon of Antoinette Foley. James Mahon/PA Homelessness James Mahon gave Antoinette Foley a fiver one day in late 2021, sparking a deep friendship – and a photography project. A WOMAN WHO was homeless in Kildare for years says the kindness of a shop owner…

News Influencers sorry for chicken bone stunt, say homeless man gave consent Published:   Aug 4, 2025 9:23 PM ⋅ Updated: 2:37 PM Three influencers have appealed for the public’s forgiveness after they faced widespread backlash over their video depicting them giving leftover chicken bones to a homeless man. In…

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…

  Julie Rovner: Hello, and welcome back to “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, and I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington. We’re taping this week on Thursday, July 31, at 10 a.m. As always, news happens…

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…