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A new emergency shelter, the Survival Capsule, was designed to help save lives during a tsunami. The 2011 tsunami off Japan's coast that was triggered by the T_hoku earthquake, killing almost 16,000 people and injuring 6,000 more, was...

Both large and small shelters for New Brunswick women fleeing domestic violence are running out of room, as some clients require longer stays in transitional housing because of a lack of affordable options.

The City of Summerside has shut down its Rotary Friendship Park because dry conditions have boosted the fire risk. Housing advocates say some people without a place to live were camping out in the park. So where has this closure left...

Spokesman Dan Halyburton is at an emergency shelter in Rowlett, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm

Emergency shelters are supposed to be stopgap measures for child welfare in Manitoba. But some say the province's strained system leans too heavily on them, putting vulnerable kids at risk as they grow up in shelters with little...

Emotions ran high in Whitney Pier, N.S., as people gathered to discuss plans to erect 30 emergency housing units on a vacant lot in the area. And the frustrations of those in attendance were heard by Premier Tim Houston. Erin Pottie...

Shelters housing migrants at the southern U.S. border are preparing for an influx of people as the country's Title 42 immigration policy is set to expire. Authorities are urging people to enter the U.S. lawfully, but the already strained...

Migrants shelters at the southern U.S. border are preparing for an influx of people as the country's Title 42 immigration policy is set to expire. Authorities are urging people to enter the U.S. lawfully, but the already strained system...

Multiple homes have been washed away in Port aux Basques, N.L., after post-tropical storm Fiona barrelled through the tiny Newfoundland outport. The storm caused much damage in the town and also took the life of a woman who was swept out...

Yukon Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee joins Power & Politics to discuss the overwhelming number of overdose deaths in the territory and what her government is doing in response.

In 2019, Christina Joe posted a video about the emergency shelter atop North Mountain on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, N.S. She had no idea that the same shelter would save her two years later.

On Main Street in Corner Brook, Mayor Jim Parsons says more people are begging for change, and there’s more petty crime. He says the issue is the location of an emergency shelter in the old Hotel Corner Brook. But advocates and residents...

The City of Charlottetown wants to meet with P.E.I. Housing Minister Steven Myers about the provincial emergency shelter and outreach centre located on Park Street, but Myers doesn’t think that’s necessary. He says the province has...

Eight months after the province published a report looking at how to better serve Islanders facing homelessness, the official opposition wants to know what progress has been made. Some recommendations in the Enhancing the System of Care...

A vote at Steinbach city council could determine the fate of an emergency homeless shelter. Plans were underway to build an overnight transitional housing facility on Main street, but that could all change at a city council meeting next...

In the year since city workers and Edmonton police began a new strategy on homeless encampments, more than 9,000 have been closed, according to city data. Anne Stevenson is the city councillor for Ward O-day'min, which includes downtown.

Philip Brown said a public meeting will be held on the future of services offered to vulnerable people at the Park Street site, but no matter what happens, a shelter and outreach centre will remain open until a decision is made. His...

Katina Cochrane, the executive director of a new transitional shelter for women in Fisher River Cree Nation, speaks to CBC's Brittany Greenslade about the importance of the new facility and the programs it will offer.

City councillors received an earful of criticism over the proposed site for a permanent emergency shelter in downtown Regina. City administration has recommended Regina purchase the current site of the Eagles Club, located at 1600...

Child psychologist Jocelyn Poock is worried a proposed emergency shelter in downtown Saskatoon could threaten her patients’ sense of safety. She says a city restriction on shelters near elementary schools should extend to her clinic.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of a Chinese rescue team wearing orange protective suits searching for victims in the rubble from an earthquake struck village on May 16, 2008 in Sichuan Province, China.

Title card: "A message in behalf of United Nations Refugee Fund" / SOT President of the Motion Picture Association Eric Johnston (caption with his name/title) touts the Refugees Fund. "I would like for a moment to talk to you about...

CLEAN: Shows interior shots camp beds being prepared and families of Ukrainian Refugees in former supermarket now sheltering refugees in Medyka, after crossing border into Poland whilst fleeing the war. The refugee crisis in Europe is...