Homeless

Nova Scotia

Halifax readies new Dartmouth homeless site

As work wraps up at the new designated homeless encampment off Windmill Road in Dartmouth, nearby residents and business owners…

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Halifax

Point Pleasant Park still an option for homeless encampments

Correction: Although two members of council are running for mayor in the October 19, 2024 election, the following story as…

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Canada

Most homeless shelters don’t allow pets. This man is walking his dog across Canada to change that

For eight years, James Caughill and his dogs have been walking thousands of kilometres across Canada to raise awareness about…

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Sports

Paris Olympics: Migrants and homeless people cleared out for Games

PARIS – Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax council approves 9 new sites for homeless encampments

Halifax councillors have approved a list of parks where new designated homeless encampments could go as a “pressure release,” because…

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Canada

Multiple fires in B.C. homeless camp are ‘odd,’ fire chief says

A series of fires that have burned multiple tiny homes and other shelters in a homeless camp is being described…

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Canada

Most jurisdictions don’t track deaths of homeless people — but that could soon change

Every day, Sabrina Robichaud rides her bike to a mural she made in downtown Moncton for friends who died struggling…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia still searching for sites to put tiny shelters for homeless

Nova Scotia’s cabinet minister in charge of homelessness says his department is hustling to get all the tiny shelters it…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax non-profit building to offer affordable housing for homeless people over 50

A Halifax non-profit is constructing 38 affordable housing units for people aged 50 and older who are experiencing homelessness. The Halifax Particular…

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Nova Scotia

Province announces $500K for community groups helping at-risk, homeless people

The Nova Scotia government says it will put more money toward helping people struggling financially to escape homelessness or to avoid becoming…

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