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Wikwemikong Tourism has set itself as a Canadian leader in Indigenous tourism, said the president and CEO of Indigenous Tourism Ontario.

L.A. develops homelessness strategy, but does it have political will? By Syndicated Content By Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justine Gonzalez is a Democratic Party activist and sympathetic to the plight of the homeless. Her brother has struggled with the cycle of going from jail to the streets of Los Angeles. She once lived in transitional housing. But even her tolerance was tested by a homeless encampment that swelled to some 200 people at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old moved from her home near the park after a man living there nearly exposed himself to he...

Residents of World-Famous Venice Beach Demand LA Move Homeless Off the Streets as Tents and Crimes Multiply From the Boardwalk and on surrounding streets, NBC4 viewers have filmed assaults, tent fires and just about every kind of violence -- part of a spike in crime in Venice where the housed and unhoused are often targets. Published April 8, 2021 NBC Universal, Inc. Patrons dining in beachside cafés in Venice now have a clear view of what's become one of the city's biggest homeless encampments -- hundreds of tents lining the world-famous Boardwalk. From the Boardwalk and on sur...

For more than a year, LA officials have said they can't touch homeless encampments, citing COVID-19 guidance from the CDC. But then two weeks ago, officials seemingly ignored their own advice, and cleared Echo Park of a large encampment, after outreach workers found housing for about 180 people who had been living in tents in the park. Now, Venice's housed residents are demanding city officials do the same for the homeless in Venice. "People need help. They need to get these people housed, or sheltered," Christina T. told NBC4. While the number of homeless living on the streets of Venice ...