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An Anglican priest has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her book detailing her fight to allow an encampment to remain in the yard beside her church.

Mayor Ken Sim was unavailable for an interview Thursday and his office told Global News it was unable to comment on this specific case in question.

More than 8,200 people are living without stable housing in Winnipeg, according to a new report, which says the number of people becoming chronically homeless is on the rise.

New numbers released by the Quebec government are showing that homelessness has increased across the province, with the sharpest rises outside Montreal.

York Regional Police say the investigation, dubbed Project Great One, was led by its financial crimes unit in partnership with Regional Municipality of York.

Crews used heavy machinery to start moving structures and debris at the Abbotsford encampment after erecting yellow fencing around the area on Tuesday.

The public inquiry was launched following recent deaths of unhoused people in Montreal, including two who died within 24 hours early last week.

In February, the town of Smithers said it was selected as one of the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs and BC Housing’s HEART and HEARTH communities.

Police in Amherst, N.S., say they're still looking for the suspects in a fatal shooting outside a homeless shelter in the town on Monday evening. 

The deaths at shelters announced by the mayor don't come as a surprise to people like Sam Watts, Welcome Hall Mission CEO and executive director.

The province's application for a court injunction to evict the roughly two dozen residents and dismantle the camp, along a busy stretch of Highway 97, has been postponed.

Abbotsford police said that officers were called on Monday at 11:11 p.m. to the Whatcom Road Park and Ride after reports of a shooting.

Hypothermia contributed to the deaths of 62 people in 2023, with nine of them considered homeless, and 57 deaths in 2024 with 11 people listed as homeless.

Ontario is giving seven defunded consumption sites time to transition to its abstinence-based model — homelessness and addiction recovery treatment, or HART, hubs. 

A philanthropic organization says it’s donating $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Canada's largest city.

The City of Saskatoon released the data for 2025 Monday and found that 1,931 individuals experienced homelessness last year, which is an increase from 1,499 individuals in 2024.

While many know it as a second-hand shop, Find Edmonton also runs a furniture bank that provides free furnishings to people transitioning out of homelessness into stable housing.

The city said its new policy creates 'tolerance zones' on city-owned land, where encampments would be permitted if they meet certain safety rules.

Police said Darryl Wong was punched several times, suffering injuries to his face and shoulder, and possibly losing consciousness.

The BC SPCA and First United Church say the province promised to ban 'No-pet clauses,' which force renters to choose between housing and pets.