Toronto Shelters
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No new money for asylum seekers after Toronto mayor meets refugees ministerMinister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller, met with Mayor Olivia Chow in her city hall office for a little over an hour on Tuesday.PoliticsSep 12, 2023
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Anger growing over lack of government support for Toronto asylum seekersIt’s been weeks since church groups stepped in to provide shelter for dozens of refugees left on the concrete outside a Toronto homeless intake centre.CanadaAug 25, 2023
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tours church housing refugees, calls on feds to visitToronto 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.CanadaJul 28, 2023
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Toronto secures more than 200 shelter spaces for asylum seekers amid housing crisisA press release from the city says it has secured rooms at two hotels and a city emergency shelter for 212 asylum seekers.CanadaJul 25, 2023
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Appeal for donations for asylum seekers housed in Toronto churchesTwo churches housing refugees who had been living on the street are approaching capacity. volunteers are appealing for clothing and toiletries.PoliticsJul 21, 2023
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Toronto’s packed shelters to refer asylum seekers to federal programs: deputy mayorA city statement says the federal government has provided other municipalities with more funding to address the rising number of refugee claimants in need of shelter.CanadaMay 31, 2023
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Toronto vulnerable to legal challenge after precedent setting encampment rulingEstair 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.CanadaJan 31, 2023
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Winter closing of Toronto shelter hotel causing ‘chaos’ for some, advocates sayThe shelter site at what was formerly the Novotel Hotel Centre in downtown Toronto was leased by the city after the pandemic hit.CanadaNov 30, 2022
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Has Toronto’s election focused enough on homelessness?In Toronto Centre, where some some of the city's biggest homeless encampments are found, nine candidates are running to be the ward's new councillor.PoliticsOct 20, 2022
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Audit finds Toronto overpaid by millions for shelter overflow hotel roomsAn audit completed toward the end of May found the city overpaid by $13 million for charges that should have been covered by its contracts with hotel owners.CanadaJun 9, 2022
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