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Former Regina city councillor Andrew Stevens takes aim at the Saskatchewan Party government for doing nothing on the Fentanyl crisis until the threat of tariffs. Published Apr 24, 2025  •  Last updated Apr 24, 2025  •  3 minute read The Saskatchewan Party government's emphasis on policing the drug crisis instead…

London’s councils overspent on their homelessness budgets by at least £330m last year, as town halls warn that the escalating crisis is pushing them closer to bankruptcy. The reported overspend was paid out by boroughs in the 2024/25 financial year, and represented a 60 per cent increase compared with what…

Saskatoon city council has removed Coun. Robert Pearce from the homelessness subcommittee following comments made at the SUMA convention. Published Apr 23, 2025  •  Last updated Apr 24, 2025  •  4 minute read Robert Pearce was removed from the homelessness subcommittee following comments to Premier Scott Moe about the STC…

Anger is mounting in Lancaster, California, where residents are rallying to remove their longtime mayor following his controversial proposal to give free fentanyl to homeless people as a solution to the city's crisis. Rex Parris, who has served as Lancaster's mayor since 2008, made the incendiary remarks during a heated…

Ever notice how once in a while, you see something that makes you stop and go, "Wait, what?"  Just such a case is a southern California mayor, R. Rex Parris, who is the mayor of a town called Lancaster. Mayor Parris has proposed a novel solution to the  homelessness problem:…

Published Apr 21, 2025  •  Last updated Apr 21, 2025  •  3 minute read Near the front entrance of the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre in downtown Windsor, shown on March 7, 2024, was the location of a vicious assault on a homeless man in 2022 that was videotaped…

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A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will deliver $2.6 million over four years to Street Side Medics. Street Side Medics is a free mobile GP service that provides health services to people experiencing homelessness across New South Wales and Victoria. Since 2022-23, the organisation has delivered 902 clinics, more than 5,050…

A Southern California mayor is under fire for wanting to eliminate his city’s homeless population by giving them “all the fentanyl they want” — a shocking remark he reinforced by calling for a federal “purge.” Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris shared his controversial views during a Feb. 25 city council…

Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters/File CNN  —  Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has formed its own government as it marks two years of a vicious power struggle with the Sudanese army that has left tens of thousands killed and millions homeless. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said in a…