Toronto’s homeless population more than doubled between 2021 and 2024 in post-pandemic spike
July 8, 2025
A newly released survey shows the number of homeless people in Toronto has more than doubled between the spring of 2021 and last fall.
Toronto’s Street Needs Assessment survey estimates that 15,400 people were homeless in Toronto last October, up from about 7,300 in April 2021.
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A city councillor in Nanaimo, B.C., is expected to push the city to reach out to a B.C. health authority in a bid to close the overdose prevention site next to city hall.The agenda for Monday’s council meeting says Councillor Ian Thorpe will bring forward a motion, asking council to “formally request” that Island Health close the supervised drug consumption site on Albert Street.
July 26, 2025 - 18:11 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
The City of Montreal has fined a local church for hosting a concert by the U.S.-based Christian musician Sean Feucht.Feucht’s controversial views and his status as a rising star in the MAGA movement have led officials to cancel his concerts in several Canadian cities in recent days.
July 26, 2025 - 17:58 | Maura Forrest | The Globe and Mail
A MAGA-affiliated musician held a concert in a township just outside Ottawa on Saturday just a few days after the National Capital Commission cancelled a scheduled performance in Gatineau. Read More
July 26, 2025 - 17:31 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
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