Toronto Shelter System

• Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tours church housing refugees, calls on feds to visit

  Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on newly minted federal cabinet members to visit churches that have been housing refugees and asylum-seekers in recent weeks.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2023
  
• Advocates call for urgent response to Toronto shelter system issues affecting asylum seekers

  Advocacy groups and shelter operators are calling on all levels of government to immediately help Toronto's overstretched shelter system.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
  
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• Strathcona residents say Toronto shelter hotels failed promise of permanent housing

  Jason Costate recently passed his one-year anniversary off drugs like crystal meth and fentanyl --a period of sobriety that began when he moved into a Toronto hotel-turned-shelter.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2023
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• Ontario confident in monkeypox vaccine strategy, Moore says, but some seek expansion

  Dr. Kieran Moore says the province has vaccinated more than 20,000 people against monkeypox, with the priority group being gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2022
• ‘Explosion of fury and violence and blood:’ Toronto’s shelters see increase in violence

  New data shows violent incidents in Toronto shelters has more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, which some say is partially driving a rise in outdoor encampments.

  Crime

  Jun 6, 2021
• Refugee, asylum seekers removed from college dorms as 185 more arrive in Toronto

  Mayor John Tory has been adamant about the need for federal assistance to help with the cost and logistics of relocation.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2018