Climate change-driven forest fires increasing the cost of owning a home in Canada: report
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Charitable Impact expands pooled funds model; donors to give directly to charity-agnostic causes
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According to Charitable Impact, donors often seek to give to maximize their impact, but the charity-centred approach can make that challenging. Instead, their needs are centred by allowing patients and people with lived experience to decide where those funds go.
More than half of dying Canadians report trouble accessing timely health care: Stats Can
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Cooking up opportunity: Co-ops, worker-led business models helping newcomers thrive
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A s Canada welcomes hundreds of thousands of newcomers annually, grassroots organizations like Flavours of Hope and Culture Links provide vital pathways to belonging, economic independence, and cultural pride. These initiatives don’t just launch businesses—they build resilient communities, challenge systemic barriers, and redefine what inclusive entrepreneurship looks like.
Federal funding cuts to refugee housing will negatively impact Black, African communities most, say advocates
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In 2023, several refugees who arrived in Toronto ended up unhoused or in the city’s temporary shelters. Many had arrived from African countries. Organizations have warned that the federal government’s cuts to the Interim Housing Assistance Program (IHAP) could lead to another emergency in the city, with local municipalities, churches and community groups picking up what they say should be a federal responsibility.