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Article content After an out-of-the-blue phone call, it took just two weeks for two of Montreal’s most dependable non-profit community groups to hatch a plan to feed up to 370 homeless people a night, every night, until a temporary emergency shelter at Hôtel Place Dupuis downtown closes. The first of 2,600 snack boxes per week, sourced, cooked and packaged by the Depot Community Food Centre, arrived at the shelter run by the Welcome Hall Mission last Wednesday, ensuring that vulnerable Montrealers seeking a warm bed also have something in their stomachs. We apologize, but this video has fa...

New spell of frigid weather means more challenges for Montreal homeless shelters The frigid temperatures currently being experienced in Montreal mean homeless shelters — which have been under additional strain because COVID-19 — are again being pushed to their limits. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2021 1:37 PM ET | Last Updated: February 13 High demand and COVID-19 capacity rules mean staff running a heated tent in Cabot Square in downtown Montreal often have to make people wait outside for a spot.(CBC) On Thursday night, a man came to the warming shelter set up in Cabot S...

  MONTREAL -- Concordia University students are calling on the school's administration to turn an unused dormitory into temporary housing for the homeless. “This is kind of a no-brainer. Why don't we try and get homeless people inside these beds?” said student David Desjardins. The currently empty building has a fitting history: a former convent, it was used to house Montreal's sick, poor and orphaned in the 1700s. In normal times, it serves as a residence for 600 Concordia students but with the pandemic keeping students at home, Desjardins is heading the push to put it to good use. ...

Two genuinely lovely performances elevate an often-simplistic tale in Penguin Bloom, based on a 2016 memoir of the same name. Two genuinely lovely performances elevate an often-simplistic tale in Penguin Bloom, based on a 2016 memoir of the same name. Telling of the rehabilitation of an Australian athlete, Sam Bloom, who – true to her surname – learns to blossom anew following a terrible injury, this Netflix film is carried aloft by the integrity of leading players Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln. That same quality, alas, isn't always so apparent elsewhere. Screenwriters Harry ...

Published: 12:52 PM January 29, 2021    Updated: 1:17 PM January 29, 2021 Katy Coleman, left, and Leah Harris from the North Norfolk Vikings Swimming Club. - Credit: Supplied by the club A north Norfolk swimmer will take part in national trials after a stunning performance in the 400-metre individual medley.  North Norfolk Vikings Swimming Club member Leah Harris was the fastest 17-year-old in the country in 'Level X ' trials held just before the latest lockdown, according to new rankings released by Swim England.  Miss Harris's time of 5:28.45 over 16 laps at North Walsham's Victor...