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Cathy Crowe is calling for a "wartime effort on homelessness" as she closes the book on a career that has lasted decades.

Given the rise of tents in cities from Prince Edward Island to B.C., advocates say it's time to get serious about short- and long-term solutions.

At least two encampment residents, along with several supporters, remain at a small park in downtown Toronto, which city officials and Toronto police partially cleared Sunday.

At least half of the residents living at a small park in downtown Toronto returned just hours after the city partially cleared their encampment on Sunday.

At least two encampment residents, along with several supporters, remain at a small park in downtown Toronto, which city officials and Toronto police partially cleared Sunday.

City workers, with Toronto police officers on standby, cleared a small encampment in a downtown park early Sunday.

Some Toronto parks could soon see private security guards on patrol around the clock as part of the city’s effort to keep encampments from appearing.

Some Toronto parks could soon see private security guards on patrol around the clock as part of the city’s effort to keep encampments from appearing.

The real death toll among people without housing in Canada’s largest urban center is likely substantially higher, since hospitals and emergency rooms do not report deaths of unhoused people to Toronto Public Health.

New data reveals 216 people experiencing homelessness died in Toronto last year – a 50 per cent increase from the previous year.