Shelter

• Supports for those experiencing homelessness in Lethbridge expanding

  A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre Wednesday with Jason Nixon, Alberta's minister of seniors, community and social services, present.

  Canada

  Jul 25
  
• Montreal shelter left scrambling without new location, forcing almost 50 people to the street

  The shelter started as a warming centre back in 2020 and soon expanded to respond to the high demand in the area. It is now scrambling to find a new emergency location.

  Canada

  May 29
  
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• Salvation Army adding more space with rise in asylum seekers

  For the second time in six months, the Salvation Army is adding space to address the number of people using emergency shelter services.

  Trending

  Apr 17
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• Saskatoon man provides warm up bus for residents in need

  Nicotine, whose bus gets upwards of 80 people in a night, said that he'll be there to offer help on colder nights.

  Canada

  Jan 21
• Shelters and warming centres a ‘short-term solution’, says Winnipeg shelter

  Siloam Mission in Winnipeg saw an increased demand for its shelter and pop-up warming centre over the mid-January weekend, thanks to a cold bout that hit Manitoba.

  Canada

  Jan 16
• Number of warming centre visitors increasing in Saskatoon

  Warming centres across Saskatoon are seeing more people than expected.

  Canada

  Jan 14
• Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after altercation at Toronto shelter

  Police say a man is custody following an early Sunday altercation at a shelter in northwest Toronto that left another man with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Hamilton’s emergency shelters gear up for snow, cold snap this weekend

  The city expanded its cold weather strategy this past year with services for those unhoused available all winter instead of only during public health alerts.

  Canada

  Jan 12
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• Calgary lays out extreme cold weather shelter, support plans as cold snap looms

  Over the coming days winter temperatures are set to drop significantly, the City of Calgary is laying out its plans to keep vulnerable Calgarians safe.

  Weather

  Jan 10
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• Community shelters gear up for winter as Winnipeg sees first snowfall

  Winnipeg is seeing its first snowfall of the season accompanied by freezing temperatures which means demand for clothing and emergency shelter has spiked.

  Environment

  Oct 30, 2023