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A church in Vaughan, Ont. along with a non-profit community organization serving the Black community are calling for immediate solutions to help the “alarming” number of African refugees arriving in Canada who are seeking refuge as well as housing and employment in their community.

Long-time outreach worker Lorraine Lam feared the worst when a taxi from Pearson Airport carrying three refugee claimants – a mother and her two children – pulled up outside Toronto’s Central Intake site at 129 Peter St. one recent evening Monday evening.

Long-time outreach worker Lorraine Lam feared the worst when a taxi from Pearson Airport carrying three refugee claimants – a mother and her two children – pulled up outside Toronto’s Central Intake site at 129 Peter St. one recent evening Monday evening.

On Day 3 of Toronto’s first heat wave of the summer, people living in tents at Allan Gardens faced 40-degree temps and polluted air that smelled like a campfire.

Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence

Launched by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in 1951, May 1-7, 2023 marks the 72nd annual Mental Health Week in Canada. The annual social change…

Decisions made by John Tory and members of Toronto council have condemned those experiencing homelessness in Toronto to suffer.

In 2019, an inmate lost consciousness after a corrections officer placed her in an illegal chokehold.

Advocates for people experiencing homelessness are calling on the city to stop clearing encampments and do more for Toronto’s most vulnerable unhoused residents as the cold weather takes hold.

The City of Toronto will be opening three warming centres Thursday evening “out of an abundance of caution” as a winter storm hits the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.