Homeless Shelter

• Tiny home residents in Kelowna hopeful for future

  The City of Kelowna said it will be announcing a third location in the coming months that will see more tiny homes erected.

  Canada

  Apr 19
  
• Lethbridge shelter receives $4M provincial grant for expansion

  The expansion will add 125 shelter spaces and 30 stabilization spaces -- a significant increase for the facility's current 75 emergency spaces.

  Politics

  Feb 16
  
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• Halifax homeless encampment residents prefer tents over new $3-million shelter

  People living in a downtown Halifax encampment say they feel safer sleeping in tents rather than a newly opened shelter that one unhoused resident says is 'like a jail.'

  Canada

  Jan 24
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• Hope Mission wants to have Wetaskiwin community, council on board with homeless shelter

  'We could go ahead and build anytime we want now, but we'd prefer to have all community partners, council on board, people comfortable,' Wetaskiwin Hope Mission's chaplain said.

  Politics

  Jan 22
• Proposed homeless shelter ‘on pause’ in St. Stephen, N.B., after neighbours voice concerns

  After a meeting with New Brunswick officials, a homeless shelter planned for St. Stephen appears to have been put on 'pause' amid concerns from residents.

  Health

  Jan 19
• Decision on Hope Mission homeless shelter in Wetaskiwin delayed again

  Wetaskiwin city council voted Monday to reconsider the approval of a permanent emergency homeless shelter but the mayor says the move doesn't change anything.

  Canada

  Jan 8
• Carmichael Outreach in search of $350,000 for overnight warming shelter

  For Tyler Gelsinger, the executive director of Carmichael Outreach, he said offering an overnight shelter is something the organization has been discussing for a long time.

  Canada

  Jan 4
• Lethbridge shelter to receive $1M to fund temporary winter spaces

  The government of Alberta announced it’s giving the Blood Tribe Health Department $1 million to fund up to 50 temporary emergency shelter spaces.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
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• A new homeless hub set to open in Fredericton. Here’s what that means.

  The Victoria Health Centre, which is across the street from a soup kitchen and men's shelter, will soon house the hub.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
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• A new shelter in Dartmouth will now be permanent, and open until 2026

  A shelter that was previously announced as a temporary winter shelter will now be open year-round until 2026, the Nova Scotia government announced Thursday.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023