“It’s much easier for me to concentrate on my path when I have more privacy,” says Ashton, client of Montreal’s Old Brewery Mission about his time living in the new semi-private rooms. Corinne Boyer reports.

“Right to mobility,” said Victor Saint-Louis, from Écologie populaire, about the demand from four environmental advocacy groups for free public transit and more service throughout Quebec. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports.

An Indo-Canadian organization says it still doesn’t know why a long-standing Diwali event on Parliament Hill was cancelled this year. Shiv Bhasker was told the decision came from the Opposition Leader’s Office.

“Grief cannot be seen, so there’s no scar on a child’s face,” says Jon Reider, founder and CEO of Myra’s Kids Foundation, marking the start of Children’s Grief Awareness Month with the premiere of a documentary at Montreal’s Westmount High School.