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Guelph police say no one was hurt after a fire at an encampment in downtown Guelph.

The safe supply drug program in Waterloo region could see its funding end in March 2024. Experts from across the country have called on the federal government to continue to fund safe supply programs.

Many organizations across the region supporting the community's most vulnerable have one goal in mind: to bring a sense of home and warmth to their clients on Christmas. Many have been busy preparing meals for special Christmas dinners and breakfasts.

"A Better Tent City empowers its residents by offering them privacy, independence and stability within the safety of their own home" 

Two people have been displaced after a fire tore through two tents and severely damaged another at a Kitchener encampment.

The Region of Waterloo and shelter groups can’t create enough spaces for those desperately needing somewhere stay. CTV News spoke to several people at the House of Friendship in Waterloo who are, or have, experienced homelessness.

As the Region of Waterloo contemplates how to help people living on the streets or in encampments and parks, housing researchers discuss what it means to measure the success of the programs.

For the fourth year, high schools students with the Radha Krishna Mandir and Cultural Centre (RKMCC) youth group prepared and donated more than 400 meals to local organizations.

The Food Bank of Waterloo Region asks for more regional funding to cope with a growing ‘crisis’ with more people accessing food bank programs than ever before

Rick Hedden has been living at Maple Grove RV Park in Breslau, Ont., for seven years, but the 65-year-old is at risk of losing his home after falling behind on his rent payments. He has been faced with warnings of eviction, and if he's forced to leave, he says he will end up homeless.