VETS Canada

• Ottawa provides $6.7 million for Nova Scotia organizations helping homeless veterans

  The organization offers rental supplements and case management services for veterans, and helps connect them with medical help and temporary housing.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2024
  
• Veterans’ disability claims backlog must be cleared amid COVID-19, groups say

  The call comes amid fears about the financial and emotional toll the pandemic is taking on veterans struggling with mental and physical wounds.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2020
  
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• $20K raised as Saskatchewan Rush hold off Halifax Thunderbirds in DND appreciation night thriller

  More than $20,000 was raised in support of VETS Canada and fans who headed to the exits early missed a stunning comeback by the Thunderbirds.

  Sports

  Feb 16, 2020
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• Liberals left $105M meant for veterans unspent in last fiscal year

  The Liberal government has broken a promise and defied Parliament by allowing $105 million earmarked for Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) to go unspent.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2020
• Veterans village of tiny homes pitched for north Edmonton

  Edmonton's Homes for Heroes Foundation hopes to build of over a dozen 300-square-foot homes that will soon be part of Canada’s second veterans village.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2019
• VETS Canada founders say they’re receiving harassment following refusal of funds

  The founders of VETS Canada say they're receiving hate mail and backlash over not accepting funds from an event in Estevan after an event organizer posted their phone number publicly.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2019
• VETS Canada distancing itself from Estevan fundraising event linked to Yellow Vests

  VETS Canada has issued a statement saying they will not accept donations from an event in Estevan as their "views and beliefs do not align with the VETS Canada principles and values."

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2019
• Motion to end veteran homelessness by 2025 dies without a vote

  A Liberal MP's motion to end veteran homelessness by 2025 was set to get all-party support, but Conservatives blocked the vote, effectively killing it.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
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• Canadian veteran reunites with soldier who helped save him in Afghanistan

  Almost a decade after Etienne Aubé lost his right leg in an explosion in Afghanistan, he was reunited with one of the soldiers who helped him get to safety.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2019
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• Drop-in support centre for veterans opens its doors in Dartmouth

  VETS Canada was created nine years ago in Halifax with a focus of preventing homelessness among veterans.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2019