Toronto Shelter

• Toronto mayor’s office scrambles to enact refugee policy passed months ago

  Before Chow arrived at city hall, Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie, announced the city's position regarding asylum seekers would be to refer them to the federal government.

  Politics

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• Toronto church Revivaltime Tabernacle says it will no longer shelter asylum claimants

  Pastor Judith James says that recent asylum seekers to Canada are no longer sheltered at the church as of Thursday and that previously postponed church services will resume.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2023
  
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• Residents demand action from Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow as another shelter hotel to close

  Despite residents pushing for and receiving assurances they could stay at the hotel until Aug. 15, some residents were reportedly told they had to relocate this month.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 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
• Warming centres remain available in Toronto amidst extreme cold, city says

  In a statement, the city said its emergency shelter system had been instructed not to turn anyone away from shelters or warming centres during the extreme cold.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2023
• Toronto vulnerable to legal challenge after precedent setting encampment ruling

  Estair Van Wagner, an associate professor at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, says Toronto is ``extremely vulnerable'' to a legal challenge in light of that decision.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2023
• First shelter dedicated to 2SLGBTQ+ adults set to open in Toronto

  The shelter is funded by the city, supported by The 519 and operated by Homes First Society.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
• Winter closing of Toronto shelter hotel causing ‘chaos’ for some, advocates say

  The shelter site at what was formerly the Novotel Hotel Centre in downtown Toronto was leased by the city after the pandemic hit.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
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• Toronto set to close 3rd emergency homeless shelter

  Officials said an emergency shelter at 34 The Esplanade would close to new admissions on Tuesday. The building is a hotel and its owner plans to begin operating it again next year.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2022
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• Monkeypox case confirmed in Toronto shelter system

  The individual was transferred to an isolation and recovery site, a system first set up during the COVID-19 pandemic to stop the coronavirus from spreading in congregate settings.

  Health

  Aug 1, 2022