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Damp shelter in Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit expected to reopen in mid-January

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 02:42
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Iqaluit’s damp shelter will reopen later on this month, thanks to a new agreement with the Uquutaq Society. The non-profit

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Housing facility for homeless opens in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 11:53
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A new facility in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, which will house the city’s most chronically homeless, officially opened Tuesday. The Yukon

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‘We’re gonna be out on the streets’: Anchorage, Alaska readies for a homeless crisis

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2019 at 12:08
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The mayor of Anchorage declared a civil emergency Wednesday over concerns that the state’s fiscal crisis will cause hundreds of

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Anchorage, Alaska declares a civil emergency over looming cuts

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2019 at 12:01
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The Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska has declared a civil emergency in preparation of a dramatic increase in homelessness and public

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada: Indigenous, LGBTQ people disproportionately homeless, Quebec survey finds

Benjamin Shingler, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:45
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Immigrants, Indigenous people and members of the LGBTQ community are disproportionately represented among Quebec’s homeless population, according to the first-ever

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Northern Canada: Small deficit projected in Northwest Territories budget

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 11:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 11:31
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Money in the latest budget that’s allocated to go to five shelters in the Northwest Territories will go a long

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Homeless northerners in Montreal stay connected with outreach worker’s photography

Craig Desson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 15:43
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Ten years ago, Ammisee Papialuk travelled to Montreal from Kuujjuarapik, a village at the mouth of the Great Whale River

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuk woman sheds light on dramatic impact of poor services in Arctic Quebec

Catou MacKinnon, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 16:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 09:14
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Lucy Kumarluk breaks down when she thinks about her son, his life on the streets in Montreal and the brother

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Non-Inuit staff at shelters lack cultural sensitivity, say homeless women in Arctic Canadian town

Michelle Pucci, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 14:26
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The organization responsible for two women’s shelters in Iqaluit (Canadian east-Artic) says it’s addressing concerns from clients who say non-Inuit

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Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018 at 11:55
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About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan

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Alaska shelter helps homeless promptly find work, home and stability

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 14:34
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When Linda Baker moved from Minto to Fairbanks (central Alaska) a few months ago, she didn’t expect to end up

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Cold brings record numbers to Stockholm homeless shelter

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 11:42
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With temperatures nudging -14C on Tuesday night, a record 170 homeless people came to shelter at a church in Stockholm.

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