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Encampments and other issues related to homelessness continue to grow in and around Montreal, as does debate on how to best to serve that population and find solutions.

'The unsheltered community know what they want. They want their voices heard. It's them; they have the solution,' an advocate said at the homelessness symposium on Monday.

Halifax is looking to designate new encampment locations for unhoused people now that the remaining authorized sites have twice as many residents as recommended. 

Halifax Regional Municipality says in a statement that University Avenue has a capacity for six tents at the homeless encampment, but as of Wednesday, 12 were on site.

Life-expectancy studies over the past three years from health and outreach workers suggest the mortality rate of people without shelter in Hamilton, Ont. hasn't changed much.

A new study published by a team of researchers at the University of Calgary found that the majority of people who are experiencing homelessness have an underlying mental illness.

Internal data shows Ontario has increased its homelessness spend over the past five years, while the provincial money for community housing appears to have fallen.

The Health and Homelessness Fund for Change was gifted $500,000 in honour of Jeff Macoun's 40-plus years with Canada Life in London, Ont.

Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, April 15.

The County of Simcoe is preparing to open its latest rapid rehousing site to local youth escape homelessness after securing a site in the City of Orillia.

Researchers found that at least 515 people were without homes in Nanaimo, which is a jump of nearly 19 per cent from the previous survey conducted in the spring of 2020.

The mural has now become a collaborative art piece, where members of the homeless population leave messages for each other, or tributes for those who have died.

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

Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report has found.

In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking.

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

Various agencies have been on-site during the cleanup, including outreach workers to try and connect those sheltering there with social services.

Having worked for over 35 years as a janitor, an Ontario man never thought he would find himself without a place to live in retirement. But he says that changed in 2022

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.

The event takes place at Metro Hub located at 1265 Ellis St beginning at 1 p.m., with the walk/run ending at 2 p.m.