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WARNING: This story references self-harm and suicide. Paramedics rolled Jeremiah Dixon into the emergency department on a gurney after he’d made multiple attempts to take his own life. Less than a day later, he was discharged and sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter.  “I was scared and shocked,” …

The City of Cranbrook is now using drones to monitor former encampment sites and wooded areas where unhoused people were living amid public safety concerns in the East Kootenay community. It’s part of a larger public safety strategy the city is rolling out with bylaw officers working in tandem with …

Calgary officials are trying to make the city feel safer by testing the idea of small, daytime homeless shelters in the suburbs. For Kim Richards, that approach was exactly what she needed. The former small-business owner says she was stuck deep in grief and drug addiction, drawn into a negative …

WARNING: This story may affect those who’ve experienced gender-based violence or know someone impacted by it. For a couple of months, single mom Chantelle Edgar was afraid she’d be kicked out of her London, Ont., apartment with her two-year-old daughter in tow, joining the tens of thousands of people in Ontario alone who are living on …

A lawsuit from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  “Shelter is a fundamental human right. It provides people with safety, security, community and is necessary, …

Homeless encampments have become increasingly common in Montreal over the past five years, leading authorities to adopt a patchwork of approaches to monitor and address the problem, documents reveal. Records obtained by CBC News under access-to-information legislation show a sharp rise in encampments since the pandemic, both downtown and in …

Montreal police are carrying out an operation to dismantle sections of a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street East near the city’s downtown core. Last month, Quebec’s Transport Ministry issued eviction notices to the people who had been living in tents near Morgan Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. The Quebec government owns that …

Khristy Butler’s Tuesday started like any other, but certainly didn’t end that way. When it wrapped up, her home of six and a half years in Kleefeld, Man., was no longer livable due to a rainstorm that wiped out her entire basement, about eight inches of rainfall filling it with …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 3, 2024 12:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Halifax police union says it’s disappointed with a review calling for an apology for the way officers and the city handled homeless encampment evictions and a …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size City council in Guelph has passed an enforcement bylaw limiting the number of encampments in public spaces. Council voted 10-3 in favor of the decision, which was passed at Wednesday night’s council meeting. Mayor Cam Guthrie said encampment setup in most areas …