Youth Shelter
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Teen charged after machete assaults at Winnipeg youth shelterA 17-year-old boy from Winnipeg is charged with a number of offences.CrimeMay 12, 2022
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Ontario to provide $25M in funding to fight homelessness in Leeds and GrenvilleLeeds and Grenville has received a significant boost from the provincial government. Ontario is providing $25 million annually to develop new homelessness prevention programs.CanadaMar 21, 2022
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Temporary winter shelter for homeless to open in the West IslandThe City of Montreal and the regional health authority, CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, has granted $200,000 to Action Jeunesse de l’Ouest-de-l’Île (AJOI) to run the winter shelter.FeaturesNov 5, 2020
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Planned east London emergency youth shelter gets $3M funding boost from OttawaThe Youth Opportunities Unlimited Housing First Youth Shelter will contain 30 bedrooms for young adults aged 16 to 24.Apr 18, 2019
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Winnipeg’s 24 hour safe space for youth to honour Tina FontaineVulnerable, at-risk Indigenous youth will soon have a 24-hour a day safe place in Winnipeg to go in times of need.Mar 27, 2018
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Swift Current youth shelter in danger of closingPregnant and homeless in Swift Current at 16, Kaitlyn Lindstrom had nowhere to turn.CanadaSep 22, 2017
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‘I would like to say this is a celebration, but it isn’t really:’ founder of Sask’s first youth shelter talks 5 yearsDowntown Browne's Youth Emergency Shelter is marking its fifth anniversary. Now, some of the early people it helped are mentoring troubled youth.CanadaMar 1, 2017
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Scarborough’s only youth shelter is officially closedThe only youth shelter in Scarborough has closed its doors and supporters are speaking out about what they say is the loss of a vital service to the local community.Oct 9, 2015
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A Toronto musician’s journey out of homelessnessMusic helped Oddane Taylor cope when he didn't have a home, and no clear way out of poverty.CanadaApr 24, 2015
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