Ottawa Matters: Mobile COVID-19 testing being piloted near Donald Street apartments
The event aims to help vulnerable people living in the Vanier and Overbrook areas get tested for the novel coronavirus.
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Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa ACORN mobile clinic brings COVID tests to disabled, disadvantaged
The mobile clinic — the first of its kind in Ottawa — brought medical staff and test kits right to the doorstep of some of the city’s most disadvantaged residents.
Ottawa ACORN Partners with Ottawa Hospital to Test 119 People for COVID19 at City’s FIRST Mobile Clinic!
On Sat, July 11th Ottawa ACORN helped organize the city’s very first mobile testing clinic for COVID19. ACORN members in Ottawa-Vanier met virtually back at the end of May and members identified having difficulty accessing testing because of a number of barriers.
The Ottawan: Ontario bill threatens renters in favour of landlords, Ottawa advocates say
On March 12, Ontario parliament held the first reading of Bill 184, named the “Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act,” which the Ford administration said will protect the rights of tenants and landlords.
Capital Current: Should Internet be free in Canada? ACORN campaign pushes for universal connectivity during COVID-19
ACORN Canada, the social and economic justice advocacy group, held rallies across the country on June 16 demanding free internet for all low-income Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toronto Star: Trapped inside by the pandemic, Torontonians are facing a new hurdle: handling a heat wave
The heat wave gripping Toronto and the GTA adds a new layer to the closures and restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Observer: Toronto councillors, housing advocates make last plea on Ford’s tenant law
City councillors and advocates pleaded with the Ford government on Thursday to turn back from changes to tenancy law set to create a massive wave of evictions of the people hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global News: Mobile coronavirus testing clinic planned for Ottawa East on Saturday
Residents in Ottawa's east end can get a coronavirus test in Ogilvie North Park on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CTV News: COVID-19 puts people with disabilities at higher risk, advocates say
There are more than six million Canadians living with a disability, and many of them are especially vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19.
Haligonia.ca: Thousands of Nova Scotians Face Eviction Proceedings as Ban Ends
The provincial ban on residential evictions officially came to an end on Tuesday, spelling uncertainty for thousands of Nova Scotian tenants.
Everyone needs the internet: Are governments listening to people who need it the most? ACORN members ask
Posted on July 3, 2020
The Chronicle Herald: Residential eviction ban ends in N.S., concerns loom for tenants, landlords
Thousands of Nova Scotians could be facing homelessness now that a provincial order banning landlords from evicting tenants behind on their rent because of COVID-19 is about to be lifted.
Global News: Rally outside Nova Scotia legislature calls for extension to coronavirus eviction ban
Protesters gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature to fight back against a potential wave of coronavirus-related evictions that could come as the moratorium on evictions is set to expire at 12 a.m. Wednesday.
Nova Scotia Advocate: “What would you do if you had to choose between your child’s medication and your rent?” Protesters want eviction ban extended
One day before the COVID-19 eviction moratorium is set to end some twenty to thirty protesters gathered at Province House in downtown Halifax to call for extended protections for vulnerable renters in Nova Scotia. Protesters drew and wrote slogans on the sidewalk with chalk.
Halifax Today: Over 70 community groups call on McNeil government to extend eviction ban
The province's eviction ban was enacted in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic and it is set to expire Tuesday
Global News: Pandemic-related evictions expected to rise in Nova Scotia without provincial action
Thousands of Nova Scotians have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toronto Star: Toronto’s COVID-19 divide: The city’s northwest corner has been ‘failed by the system’
When Toronto Public Health released its map of neighbourhoods hardest hit by COVID-19, for people in the city’s northwest it felt like déjà vu.
Montreal ACORN Takes Action for Healthy Homes * Montréal ACORN passe à l'action pour des maisons saines
Posted June 29, 2020
ACORN Quebec is here! In front of the media to defend the tenants of rue Jean Brillon against their infestation problems. Cockroaches, mice, bedbugs. It is time for this to stop! Today's action against the company Wiseview Realties has caused a stir.
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The Chronicle Herald: Government urged to extend eviction ban to ensure 'evictions don't happen'
NDP MLA Lisa Roberts says the province's ban on evictions should continue.
Nova Scotia Advocate: Housing advocates worry that end of eviction moratorium will render thousands homeless
With the eviction moratorium widely expected to end on July 1st, as many as 2,000 Nova Scotia households may face eviction for rent arrears or other reasons.
Ontario ACORN members Fight to KILL the Eviction Bill 184
Posted on June 29, 2020
Ottawa Citizen: The COVID-19 pandemic and government response a one-two punch to some of Ottawa's most vulnerable renters
For a portion of the 17,000 Ottawa households living in subsidized housing, it’s not only COVID-19 that’s making life harder, more uncertain and more expensive.
Capital Current: Ontario’s Bill 184 ‘slap in the face’ to struggling residential renters, critics say
While the Ontario government has curtailed commercial and residential evictions during the COVID-19 crisis, tenants’ rights advocates warn that proposed legislation in the province will expose renters to unfair evictions once the pandemic passes — and well beyond.
Capital Current: ‘Do I pay the rent, do I take the internet?’ Protesters demand free online service
ACORN Canada held rallies across the country on June 16 demanding free internet for all low-income Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
