VANCOUVER — A Vancouver housing advocate says a police program aimed at trespass-prevention unfairly targets those who are homeless. Karen Ward shared an image of the program on Twitter, calling it “horrible.” “Some people call it the war against the poor, but this is a very scary situation,” Ward toldContinue Reading
John Molseed Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Much is still unknown about COVID-19, but since it was discovered, it’s clear that an infection can become fatal — fast. When an outbreak hit Rochester’s homeless population, a group of paramedics stepped up to bring clinical care to unhoused people who were diagnosedContinue Reading
New London — At the walk-up food distribution site at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church on Huntington Street, recipients on Friday collected prepackaged bags of canned goods and pasta, a 5 pound bag of potatoes, two bags of apples, a bag containing three or four pounds of frozen groundContinue Reading
A large trailer sits in a parking lot behind the Mount Royal Metro station. It’s bright and colourful, adding life to a parking lot that is otherwise washed out with snow and construction. Large letters are written on its side: “Wapikoni: First Nations travelling audiovisual and creation studio.” Wapikoni isContinue Reading
The figures are based on registered deaths plus an estimate of how many people died without being correctly identified as homeless. They mainly include people sleeping rough or using emergency accommodation. Homelessness charities said the increasing number dying across England and Wales shows the danger of rough sleeping. Sign upContinue Reading
CLEVELAND — January is a time to start anew. But January is also a time to remember some of our community’s most vulnerable individuals, as it is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. According to the Ohio Department of Health, human trafficking is “one of the fastest-growing criminal industries in the world,”Continue Reading
Quebec is reporting 1,624 new cases of COVID-19 today and 66 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 22 that occurred in the past 24 hours. Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by 14, to 1,453, and the number of people in intensive care remained stable at 216. Earlier today,Continue Reading
While each person has different reasons for becoming homeless, a new study shows they learn through their interactions with different services to perform ‘as homeless’ based on the expectations of service providers. UBCO researchers say there’s a tendency to play up vulnerabilities or deficits New UBC Okanagan research has identifiedContinue Reading
Most bus stops across Phoenix have replaced benches with individual seating structures to reduce the likelihood of someone sleeping. A number of exit ramps, on-ramps and vacant lots have “no trespassing” signs posted on state property to deter people from the areas. The public is told where walking, resting, congregating and other actions canContinue Reading
VENICE, CA — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported this month that a glimpse at 2020 data shows that while COVID-19 did not directly impact people experiencing homelessness as much as the county’s general population, overdose deaths — especially those involving fentanyl — increased among the homelessContinue Reading