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The governments of Canada and British Columbia sign an agreement to address homelessness - May 07, 2025

https://www.canada.ca/en/housing-infrastructure-communities/news/2025/03/the-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-sign-an-agreement-to-address-homelessness.html

Region of Waterloo to gain hundreds of new childcare spaces - May 07, 2025

https://www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/region-of-waterloo-to-gain-hundreds-of-new-childcare-spaces/

Ottawa updated its child-care plan — here’s what parents need to know - May 06, 2025

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-updated-child-care-parents

Response to Ontario’s reintroduction of the Safer Municipalities Act - May 01, 2025

https://caeh.ca/response-reintroduction-safer-municipalities-act-ontario/

2025 Election Response: Housing Canada Coalition stands ready to partner on solutions to end the housing game - April 30, 2025

https://caeh.ca/2025-election-response-housing-canada-coalition-stands-ready-to-partner-on-solutions-to-end-the-housing-game/

Kitchen will help serve hot meals to West Island seniors - April 29, 2025

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/kitchen-will-help-serve-hot-meals-to-west-island-seniors/

Bright Spot: How 3 Canadian communities are reducing homelessness - April 10, 2025

https://caeh.ca/bright-spot-how-3-canadian-communities-are-reducing-homelessness/

‘They’ve saved a lot of lives:’ Nanaimo CSOs seeing high volume of calls for service - April 10 2025

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/04/10/theyve-saved-a-lot-of-lives-nanaimo-csos-seeing-high-volume-of-calls-for-service/

'We lost everything,' Salvation Army facing crisis after power outage - April 7 2025

https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/we-lost-everything-salvation-army-facing-crisis-after-power-outage-10487372?fbclid=IwY2xjawJiLZpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHj4oNz-0s4oZlxr5GJ0D9u9QQU7B-eZ7SxR85hbw4zO0_QQcLKFHH5jjaYnQ_aem_qDWlHycL3OZ9PfhlqPKz9Q

Strong demand for temporary warming spaces in local emergency shelters - April 4 2025

https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/strong-demand-for-temporary-warming-spaces-in-local-emergency-shelters/

‘They need these services’: Vancouver senior support charity shocked to lose gov’t funding - April 4 2025

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/04/vancouver-charity-whole-way-house-funding-cut/

Sudden B.C. Housing funding cut leaves hundreds of Metro Vancouver seniors at risk - April 3 2025

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-housing-funding-cut-hundreds-metro-vancouver-seniors-risk

Rent jacked up 200% on tenants of historic central Edmonton apartment building - April 3 2025

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/rent-jacked-up-200-on-tenants-of-historic-central-edmonton-apartment-building/

Alberta budget cuts funding for Child and Youth Support Program - April 3 2025

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/04/03/alberta-budget-youth-child-program-cuts/

Kitchener's low-barrier shelter to close Monday, leaving 100 residents facing uncertainty - March 31 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/low-barrier-shelter-1.7496369

Weekly community meal provides hot meals — and job training for neurodiverse youth - March 27 2025

https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/weekly-community-meal-provides-hot-meals-and-job-training-for-neurodiverse-youth

Residents of 5 downtown Winnipeg encampments moved into housing units, province says Province unveiled strategy late last year to move people from encampments into social housing units - March 20 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/housing-encampments-winnipeg-homelessness-1.7488349

Strategies to support homeless 2SLGBTQ+ communities: Jurisdictional scan of Canadian urban municipalities - 2025

https://homelesshub.ca/resource/strategies-to-support-homeless-2slgbtq-communities-jurisdictional-scan-of-canadian-urban-municipalities/

‘People are buying local’: U.S. produce floods Nanaimo food bank - March 19 2025

https://cheknews.ca/people-are-buying-local-u-s-produce-floods-nanaimo-food-bank-1244881/

‘Safe and supported:’ Nanaimo’s Haven Society opens new housing complex - March 19 2025

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/03/19/safe-and-supported-nanaimos-haven-society-open-new-supportive-housing-complex

Trudeau aiming to secure extension to 2031 for signature $10-a-day child-care program - March 06 2025

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trudeau-aiming-to-secure-extension-to-2031-for-signature-10-a-day-child-care-program/

Pride Toronto loses corporate funding as Trump’s DEI purge has chilling effect - Feb 27 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/27/pride-toronto-loses-funding-trump-dei-purge

Coldest night of the year, #cnoy - Feb 22 2025

https://cnoy.org/home

Government of Canada announces two projects to help seniors age in their homes in Laurier– Sainte-Marie - Feb 19 2025

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2025/02/government-of-canada-announces-two-projects-to-help-seniors-age-in-their-homes-in-laurier-sainte-marie.html

Construction well underway on new-look Nanaimo Salvation Army hub - Feb 18 2025

https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/02/18/construction-well-underway-on-new-look-nanaimo-salvation-army-hub/

Canadian LGBTQ group cancels WorldPride participation over Trump policies - Feb 02 2025

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/02/07/canadian-lgbtq-group-cancels-worldpride-participation-over-trump-policies/

Government of Canada: Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy - Jan 28 2025

https://housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/homelessness-sans-abri/index-eng.html

Canada is failing to tackle its housing and homelessness crisis, and the international community is watching - March 27 2024

https://housingrightscanada.com/canada-is-failing-to-tackle-its-housing-and-homelessness-crisis-and-the-international-community-is-watching/

2024 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada

https://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ending-Child-Poverty-The-Time-is-Now-2023-Report-Card-on-Child-and-Family-Poverty-in-Canada-Nov-18-2024.pdf

Preventing Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Role of Education Policies - March 5 2024

https://homelesshub.ca/blog/2024/preventing-youth-homelessness-canada-role-education-policies/

Foundry - Recognizing the Role of Integrated Youth Services in Addressing Youth Homelessness - 2024

https://foundrybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Foundry-Policy-Brief-Youth-Homelessness-English.pdf

Food Banks Canada - OVERALL FINDINGS - March 2024

https://foodbankscanada.ca/hungercount/overall-findings/

Homelessness Data Snapshot: Youth homelessness in Canada

https://housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/homelessness-sans-abri/reports-rapports/youth-homelessness-2024-itinerance-jeunes-eng.html

Homeless Hub - Youth Homeless - 2025

https://homelesshub.ca/collection/population-groups/youth/

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