Toronto braces for bitter cold as advocates warn shelters, warming centres may not meet demand

Bitter temperatures are expected across the Greater Toronto Area this weekend, leading advocates for homeless to worry that ...
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Churches, nonprofits house refugees amid shelter crunch in Toronto

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Toronto’s shelter residents ‘stretching’ services ahead of predicted polar vortex

Gord Tanner of the Toronto Shelter and Support Services says shelters have been ‘filling up all week’ and aim to open 120 new ...
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In Toronto, an Indigenous Women’s Emergency Shelter Provides a Safe Haven to Recover

Anduhyaun’s new transitional housing facility for women and children escaping violence centers the cultural identities of its residents in its design. Belyea opens the sliding door to the Nookomis, ...
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Toronto shelters 'dehumanizing,' say advocacy groups pushing for urgent accessibility fixes

Two Toronto housing advocacy groups are urging the city to improve the "inhumane" conditions and accessibility of shelters as winter approaches. The Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN) and ...
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Toronto city council under pressure from health-care workers, Feist to add shelters

Health-care workers are blasting the conditions inside Toronto's emergency respite centres, which are now being used to shelter more than 500 people per night. The Health Providers Against Poverty ...

City of Toronto contracted shelter security guards sue over ‘systemic wage theft’

The suit against the city and security company One Community Solutions (OCS) represents an estimated class of as many as ...