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Author: Molly Hayes, Temur Durrani, Frances Bula, Lindsay Jones
Publication Date: January 17, 2026 - 09:13
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Small and remote towns across Canada are struggling with a surge in homelessness
January 17, 2026
In the small, northeastern New Brunswick city of Bathurst, homelessness was not even on the radar a few years ago. Today the city of 15,000 is working on opening a 40-bed homeless shelter.
The quaint southwestern Saskatchewan city of Yorkton recently expanded its new emergency shelter to meet growing demand.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Qatar Saturday as Canada looks to deepen ties with the country and form a strategic partner for investment and long-term economic cooperation.
January 17, 2026 - 13:02 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
Firefighters safely extricated a trapped passenger Friday following a crash between a sedan and a commercial salt truck. Fire services were called at about 11:30 a.m. to the westbound Highway 417 off-ramp at Boundary Road in the city’s east end. Original calls indicated up to five people were possibly trapped. Firefighters arriving found the four-door […]
January 17, 2026 - 12:24 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
The driver of a pickup truck is dead after a head-on collision with a transport truck on Highway 7 east of Kaladar late Friday night.
January 17, 2026 - 11:54 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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