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    Resident Adeline Thrush, age 84, touches her window to acknowlege family and local residents showing up outside each afternoon to show caring and support for residents in isolation at a long term care centre in Calgary, Alberta on Apr. 2, 2020. (Larry MacDougal/CP)

    Coronavirus: Where to donate and how to help Canada’s most vulnerable

    From donating vital protective gear to frontline workers to offering emotional support for local seniors, there are many ways you can give and get involved

    A makeshift home is seen in Toronto on, Mar. 1, 2018. A recent document produced by the City of Toronto stated that the city had removed over 300 encampments in its parks and ravines. Within Toronto, in its ravines, parks and underneath bridges, hides a booming population of temporary homes. (Chris Young/CP)

    It’s time to think of homelessness as a public health emergency

    Cathy Crowe: After a homeless person in Toronto tested positive for coronavirus, the government needs to realize that ‘self-isolation’ for this population is a cruel oxymoron

    Down and out in London

    Many of those struggling to get by in the British capital are former immigrants from Eastern Europe

    My excuse was youth. What’s theirs?

    Barbara Amiel on why mental illness can’t be treated with legalities

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    Friend in high places, Dog tired and Bubba’s other bombshell

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