Grand Parade

• Stress builds as deadline to vacate some Halifax homeless encampments inches closer

  With Halifax’s deadline for residents to leave five homeless encampments just one week away, stress is growing among unhoused residents and volunteers.

  Canada

  Feb 19
  
• ‘We need serious help’: Fire at Halifax homeless encampment draws attention to growing crisis

  A man received minor injuries after a fire broke out at a Halifax homeless encampment at Grand Parade, which is seeing its numbers grow, according to one community member.

  Fire

  Jan 22
  
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• ‘There’s going to be more deaths’: Halifax tent community reeling after man dies

  The community living at the tent encampment at Halifax's Grand Parade is reeling after a recent death, and advocates say the situation will only worsen.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2023
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• Three people escaped tent fire at downtown Halifax homeless encampment: volunteer

  Currently about 20 people experiencing homelessness are living in tents and ice-fishing shelters at Grand Parade, directly across from Halifax City Hall.

  Fire

  Dec 10, 2023
• ‘This is all they have’: Wind storm destroys tents for unhoused in Halifax

  Monday's fierce wind and rain storm took residents of Grand Parade's tent encampment in Halifax by surprise, and destroyed nearly a third of the structures. 

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2023
• Halifax no longer advising homeless people tenting in Grand Parade to leave

  In a new policy issued on Wednesday, the Halifax Regional Municipality said it will enforce a limit of eight tents in the Grand Parade.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
• Halifax says sheltering in Grand Parade this winter ‘is not an option’

  Halifax Regional Municipality says a new shelter opening Friday can provide an alternative location for those sheltering in Grand Parade.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2023
• Larger turnout than usual expected for Remembrance Day ceremony in Dartmouth

  The Remembrance Day ceremony typically held in Halifax's Grand Parade area is being relocated this year to Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
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• Halifax tent community wants return of Remembrance Day ceremony to Grand Parade

  While the Nova Scotia Legion has moved the Remembrance Day ceremony traditionally held at the Grand Parade, members of the tent community near city hall are asking for its return.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2023
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• Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax moves across harbour due to homeless camp

  The Remembrance Day ceremony normally held at Halifax's Grand Parade is being moved across the harbour because the grounds are being used as a tent encampment for homeless people.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2023