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Simcoe County’s only youth homelessness shelter is hoping for a large turnout at this weekend’s fundraiser amid an urgent need to expand shelter space.

The Hôtel-Dieu site will no long serve the unhoused in the downtown east population, leaving users of the more than 100 shelter beds in limbo.

Residents lined the walls of a school gym to voice their concerns surrounding the 30-bed emergency shelter planned for the former fire station in the Sutherland area of Saskatoon.

After a lengthy meeting, Leduc City Council has approved a motion aiming to keep a facility that supports the homeless running in the community south of Edmonton.

According to the city, the site will open sometime in March. Fencing is in place and work is underway to install utility services.

Edmonton police posted about seeing the cave on Facebook on Monday. They said someone found it in the river valley and alerted them to the hole.

'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.

The province is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility in Calgary.

Logan Laguë has been selling eclipse glasses all over the Eastern Townships. With the proceeds, he helps the homeless population, youth shelters and families in need.

The modified bylaw bans all built structures in Vancouver's parks, and restricts shelters to camping tents or canopies spaced one metre apart. 

Residents of Whitney Pier, in Cape Breton, are wary of the Nova Scotia government's plan to locate 30 single-unit pallet shelters for unhoused people in the community.

Three neat rows of tiny shelters are up and occupied as the provincial government gradually rolls out what it is touting as an important part of its solution to homelessness.

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.

Motions are being discussed in Saskatoon city council to address emergency shelters being established in the city.

In 2023, more than 1,300 complaints were made by users of Montreal's STM metro system. That number is triple the annual average of 377.

Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand announced that the contract to operate the emergency centre in Fairhaven has been renewed and pushed back against rumours of crime.

On Easter Sunday, the Original Spaghetti House Restaurant served hundreds of free meals to individuals in need. The meals are provided each Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.

Nixon says his ministry was "literally playing detective" over the weekend to figure out who was a Contentment client and what kind of support they needed. 

A facility that's been providing services to Leduc's homeless community for the past 15 years will be closed in phases starting on March 28.

Ontario has reached a so-called "new deal" with the City of Ottawa that sees the province take over certain major costs, the provincial government said Thursday.