Homelessness

• Encampments reported in 48 Toronto parks, a 55% decrease

  Data maintained by the City of Toronto showed the number of encampments, which rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, crept up throughout 2024.

  Politics

  Jan 14
  
• New Brunswick strategy aims for ‘historic shift’ in homelessness by 2029

  New Brunswick's new provincial homelessness strategy aims to reduce chronic homelessness by more than 40 per cent by 2029.

  Dec 18, 2025
  
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• ‘No plans to change’: Toronto spent $35M on private security contracts this year

  Data shared with Global News by the city shows Toronto is currently tied into eight separate private security contracts, predominantly for services relating to homelessness.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2025
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• Kelowna transitional housing helps at-risk seniors secure homes

  Turning Points Collaborative Society operates Trailside, which opened in May 2024 and was created for people 55 and up and those with disabilities.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2025
• Saskatoon woman demands better access to social supports for homeless community

  A Good Samaritan is demanding change from all levels of government after a frozen Saskatoon night exposed the trouble in accessing social support for those in need.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2025
• Kelowna residents raise concerns over social support facilities in neighbourhood

  The City of Kelowna, in partnership with BC Housing, plans to build a 40-unit supportive and complex care facility on Pacific Avenue near Capri Mall.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2025
• Recent deaths highlight urgency for homelessness solution in New Brunswick

  Two recent deaths of unhoused people in New Brunswick as temperatures drop have highlighted the urgency of the situation and raised concerns at the provincial legislature. 

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2025
• Rigid model blamed for failed Penticton vote to approve tiny homes for the unhoused

  Despite a growing homelessness problem in the South Okanagan city, council voted 4-2 against the project and the millions of provincial dollars that would come along with it.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2025
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• ‘It’s concerning’: Saskatoon reports upward trend in encampments

  Saskatoon is reporting an uptick in homeless encampments this year with advocates pushing for better solutions instead of clearing them.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2025
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• Penticton says no to tiny home community, risks losing provincial funds

  The 50-unit tiny home community would have been built on a city-owned parcel of land near Dartmouth Road and Dartmouth Drive and funded by the provincial government.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2025