| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
The federal government is investing over $14 million to support communities in addressing homelessness in Nova Scotia, through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy and the Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative (UHEI).
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada announced today that an agreement to support people living without homes, including those in encampments, has been signed with Manitoba, as part of the Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative (UHEI). Funding will support the implementation of a Community Encampment Response Plan and will immediately provide additional support to people living without homes. Manitoba’s plan is tailored to the specific needs of Winnipeg.
The Canadian Coast Guard’s spring icebreaking operations on the St. Lawrence River between Montréal and Québec City will start on Friday, February 28, 2025.
On February 20, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing unauthorized items was seized at Stony Mountain Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
On February 20, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
On February 25, 2025, at about 11:40 a.m., Willow Cree Healing Lodge, a minimum-security federal institution, was notified that Leroy Desmond Daniels escaped during an escorted temporary absence in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Black people in Canada continue to live with the lingering effects of colonialism and slavery, including prejudice, discrimination, and hatred—from unconscious bias to anti-Black hate crimes and violence.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
| media advisories
Please note that this previously released media advisory has been amended due to the following changes: change of time for the Frankie's Organic visit and change of date and time for the Plastitel visit.