Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced $2.56 million in funding for the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association Tuesday.

In a news release issued Sunday, local officials said the province confirmed this weekend that those experiencing homelessness are part of its Phase 1 priority for vaccines.

"These dollars are transformed into food, essential services and medical help that actually impacts people's lives and impacts our community as a whole."

Don Iveson doesn't understand why the province won't work with Edmonton on supportive housing initiatives.

The Upstream Kelowna project is the first of its kind in Canada, which is aimed at preventing, rather than responding, to youth homelessness.

Toronto Public Health says nine people at four shelters, and four people from an encampment have screened positive for a COVID-19 variant.

The city says Toronto Public Health declared an outbreak at Maxwell Meighen on Feb. 3.

A seventh-grader from Oromocto, N.B., has inspired thousands of people to donate to Fredericton Homeless shelters.

The success comes despite organizers having to re-imagine the logistics of the annual fundraiser to ensure health order and social distancing requirements were met.

After building a 500-block igloo on their front lawn, a Kingston family is preparing to sleep in it to raise money and awareness for the Kingston Youth Shelter.