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Fires and floods: How Canada’s non-profits are responding to summer disasters
Several organizations have set up ways Canadians can help as more than 900 wildfires burn across the country
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New “endings” hotline to help the social sector with closures, insolvency and succession
Ever / Was is run by a collective of navigators seeking to destigmatize closures and endings in the Canadian social purpose sector.
‘Fiercely dedicated’: Prominent Winnipeg labour advocate Gord Delbridge dies
Former CUPE 500 President leaves behind a legacy of years advocating for city workers and opposing the privatization of municipal services.
Should B.C.’s condo buyout be an opportunity to grow housing through non-profits?
The federal and B.C. governments plan to buy thousands of unsold condos to expand homeownership, but some housing advocates say the units would have a greater long-term impact if they were transferred to non-profit providers.
Non-profit coalition joins Supreme Court intervener list challenging Doug Ford’s Ontario Place destruction plan
The case, which will begin hearings in October, has attracted national interveners as the fight over redevelopment escalates.
Redesigned Canada Housing Benefit could reduce homelessness by more than half: Report
End Homeless Canada’s new report shows if Canada’s Housing Benefit is redesigned, it could dramatically reduce homelessness in the country.
Thank you for being a friend: B.C. senior home-sharing program to ease housing costs and isolation
With many homes sitting with empty bedrooms amid a growing housing affordability crisis, the Hollyburn Society in North Vancouver is launching a two-year home-matching pilot program designed to bring together seniors with extra space and people in need of housing.
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Mental health programs alone won’t fix psychological injury among public safety workers
Why fixing the work — not the worker — is the real path to protecting public safety personnel
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Non-profits buying multi-floor condo units face fee duplication under CMHC insurance rules
Current CMHC loan insurance programs for multi-unit properties are limited to either full building acquisitions or acquisitions of units on the same floor. They do not cover acquisitions of several units spread across multiple floors of a condominium development.
Case Study: Kingston’s food bank pilot combines three innovative solutions for food insecurity
Carney’s National Food Strategy includes boosting local food production. Pilots are already deployed. The federal strategy is arriving to meet it, not lead it.
How advocacy from the food bank sector led to the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit
While many in the sector have long campaigned for additional social assistance to address the rising cost of living, there is more to be done, they say. Now, they’re targeting a reform of Employment Insurance.
