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The 12 projects approved in a call for tenders will cost about $310 million. They include hundreds of dwellings for a variety of people, including families and seniors.

Old Brewery Mission says its mobile health clinic has intervened 2,691 times to help homeless people in the community in its first year.

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.

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.

Montreal's transit authority is deploying special constables and other safety employees in teams of four to monitor the 10 stations where riders have most reported feeling unsafe.

A transitional housing project and safe drug consumption site will open near a school in the Saint-Henri borough. While officials welcome the project, residents are resisting it.

Measures to appease the fears of Saint-Henri residents, who have been vocal surrounding the supervised injection site, were visible on its first day of opening.

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.

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.

The ruling overturns a 2021 decision by a lower court judge who concluded the requirement violates the dignity and equality rights of transgender and non-binary teenagers.

"I was helping someone who has been living in the streets but then, I myself ended up here," Bryan Asbil said as he paused to contain his emotions. 

The fully-furnished rooms will be available for low-cost rent to both men and women including, students, seniors and couples in serious financial straits.

Montreal musician Frédérik Durand, who performs under the name Snails, has been awarded $1.5 million in a defamation lawsuit against a California Instagrammer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sweep to power in another illegitimate election. How does he maintain his grip and what does it mean for Ukraine and NATO?

At issue are a collection of municipal bylaws that ban the erection of non-recreational tents or other informal structures in public spaces without approval from the town.

Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing, might be closed but asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal's Trudeau Airport.

The Quebec government is contributing $200,00 0 for a new pilot project in the Latin quarter downtown that aims to help unhoused Montrealers during the cold winter months.

Global News accompanied an Ottawa police officer during a patrol of the city's downtown, an area where the opioid epidemic and housing crisis are colliding.

A family member in Montreal has applied for a temporary visa on behalf of the couple, who remain stuck in Rafah with mere days before their second child is due for delivery.

A spokesperson said TTC staff observe between 30 and 60 unhoused people per day in transit stations during cold weather months, compared to eight to 10 the rest of the year.