Requests for housing help have almost doubled in one year in Quebec | New transitional housing project for Indigenous people opening in Montreal's Milton Park | Artist and activist Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel on leaving a legacy
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Requests for housing help have almost doubled in one year in Quebec; Consultation on student housing\. Student housing in downtown Montreal\. Photo taken around McGill and Concordia Universities, in Montreal, Quebec on 11 Apr 2023 Housing for rent, housing crisis, location, lease, rent, for rent, Bachelor, student, students\. Student\. Renovated apartments, students, school\.

Requests for housing help have almost doubled in one year in Quebec

June 16 , 2024 at 07:33:39 p.m. EDT • :

According to the Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal and the Société d'habitation du Québec, requests for help in finding housing have jumped by almost 100 per cent in Montreal and across the province in one year and organizations working to combat homelessness say they are overwhelmed.

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New transitional housing project for Indigenous people opening in Montreal's Milton Park; A bedroom with a single bed, a window, a dresser and a desk\.

New transitional housing project for Indigenous people opening in Montreal's Milton Park

June 16 , 2024 at 12:42:58 p.m. EDT • :

A new transitional housing project in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough's Milton Park neighbourhood will be home to 14 Indigenous people working to get sober and get back on their feet. 

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Artist and activist Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel on leaving a legacy; A painting

Artist and activist Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel on leaving a legacy

June 16 , 2024 at 01:08:22 p.m. EDT • :

Gabriel's documentary, Kanatenhs — When the Pine Needles Fall, tells the stories of the women leaders in the resistance of Kahnesata:ke in the summer of 1990. The short film won the highest art prize from Montreal's arts council.

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Skilled trades competition in Quebec City highlights rising status of blue-collar work; A competitor in hairdressing at the Skills Canada national competition in 2024 cuts hair off a mannequin

Skilled trades competition in Quebec City highlights rising status of blue-collar work

June 16 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

At a time when skilled trades are becoming more lucrative and in-demand than ever before, some of Canada's most talented workers put their know-how to the test at a national competition.

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Hoping to buy your first home? It's getting harder to qualify without help from parents; A for sale sign sits in front of a Toronto home, on July 6, 2022\. Numbers out this morning from the Toronto Regional Real Estate boards, show home sales were down 41% in June over last year\.

Hoping to buy your first home? It's getting harder to qualify without help from parents

June 16 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Help from parents is increasingly becoming a deciding factor in who is able to realize their dream of owning a home and who is not.

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McGill condemns 'alarming' image of armed fighters shared by encampment group; The pro-Palestinian protest encampment on McGill University campus is seen  Monday, May 13, 2024  in Montreal\.  

June 14 , 2024 at 07:45:08 p.m. EDT • :

McGill condemns 'alarming' image of armed fighters shared by encampment group

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As my Star Trek character commanded the weight of a starship, I was hours away from becoming a father; A shirtless man holds his newborn baby in his arms in the hospital\.  

June 16 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

As my Star Trek character commanded the weight of a starship, I was hours away from becoming a father

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Montreal police locate missing 76-year-old man; SPVM  Montreal Police Car on 01 Aug 2023\.  

June 15 , 2024 at 09:52:49 a.m. EDT • :

Montreal police locate missing 76-year-old man

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Keith Serry's Montreal Fringe show looks at what it means to be a father these days; A bee in front of a rainbow illustration  

June 16 , 2024 at 12:10:41 p.m. EDT • :

Keith Serry's Montreal Fringe show looks at what it means to be a father these days

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Quebec judge dismisses $2.5M Dollarama class action settlement; A Dollarama store at Yonge and Wellesley in Toronto on Sept\. 10, 2019\.  

June 14 , 2024 at 04:16:01 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec judge dismisses $2.5M Dollarama class action settlement

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