Montreal emergency homeless shelter closing for the season
By Rachel Lau Online Producer - Quebec
The temporary shelter was opened in January to give more than 3,000 homeless people a safe place to sleep. Continue reading
Old Brewery Mission
In intense cold, Parks Canada discovers homeless community living by the Lachine Canal
By Billy Shields Photojournalist
Even in intense cold and with resources added to the Montreal landscape, the problem of exposure and homelessness in the intense winter weather is still a serious issue, highlighted by a recent discovery by Parks Canada. Continue reading
Montreal homeless especially vulnerable when the mercury drops, experts say
By Billy Shields Photojournalist
With bitter, intense cold descending on the city, Montreal’s homeless advocates are using shuttles and a new overflow shelter in an effort to keep people off the street. Continue reading
Emergency shelter for Montreal homeless opens at former Royal Victoria Hospital
By Rachel Lau Online Producer - Quebec
The former site of the Royal Victoria Hospital in downtown Montreal is welcoming the city’s homeless into its new emergency shelter. Continue reading
New emergency homeless shelter to help with winter overcrowding
A new emergency winter shelter aims to help house Montreal’s homeless during the cold months. Continue reading
Record-breaking cold snap leaves Montreal shelters scrambling
Montreal’s homeless shelters are scrambling during the blast of winter weather. Continue reading
Building a new life, with support at the Old Brewery Mission’s Lise Watier Pavillion
By Elysia Bryan-Baynes Anchor/Reporter
Twenty-nine women are rebuilding their lives at the Lise Watier Pvailion run by the Old Brewery Mission. Continue reading
Social housing activists slam City of Montreal over eviction of vulnerable tenants
By Anne Leclair Reporter
Housing-rights activists are now speaking out and slamming the city of Montreal for failing to do more. Continue reading
Violent arrest caught on video raises concerns of excessive force by Montreal police
By Dan Spector Photojournalist
At one point, one of the officers appears to slam a woman’s head into the back of their squad car. Continue reading
Federal Minister Jean-Yves Duclos addresses Quebecers on Canada’s improved homelessness strategy
By Gloria Henriquez Reporter/Weather specialist
The Federal and Quebec governments are renegotiating once again their Homelessness Partnering Strategy in order to implement Canada’s new “Reaching Home” plan to fight homelessness. Continue reading