For the second time in six months, the Salvation Army is adding space to address the number of people using emergency shelter services. A new 80-bed shelter has been set up for men thanks to an influx in newcomers seeking asylum. The Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope emergency shelter houses more than 400 people on an … Read more
The escalating violence in parts of Haiti is giving members of the Haitian diaspora in Montreal new reason to worry for people in their home country, almost daily. “They’re trying to not just survive,” Haitian Montrealer Manuel Mathieu stresses. “They’re trying not to die.” It’s for this reason the artist and his sister, Marina Mathieu, … Read more
Benoît Dubreuil, Quebec’s commissioner for the French language, says he isn’t suggesting asylum seekers who do not speak French be forced to settle in provinces other than Quebec. Dubreuil clarified his recommendations in an interview with Global News Thursday, after a report he released earlier this week sparked concern among opposition parties at the national … Read more