Decampment
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Analysis finds ‘alarming’ issues with some injunctions against B.C. homeless encampmentsThe report claims some injunction decisions were made through a "relaxed legal test that minimizes or ignores the issues of irreparable harm and balance of convenience."CanadaOct 26, 2023
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Homeless encampment dismantled under Montreal expressway as repair work beginsJuly 11was the date ordered by a Quebec judge for those experiencing homelessness to vacate and clean up the expressway encampment where they have been living since November.CanadaJul 11, 2023
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Health care system, health of the homeless at risk amid DTES decampment: UnionHospital Employees' Union spokesperson Mike Old said the process has lacked dignity for the unhoused and been "a bit cruel."CannabisApr 10, 2023
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Vancouver police arrest 4 after guns found in tent in Hastings Street encampmentVancouver police descended on a tent in an encampment near Hastings and Carrall streets around 8 a.m. on Sunday on a tip that guns and drugs were being stored inside.CrimeAug 22, 2022
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‘Where are we supposed to go?’ Downtown Eastside rally opposes tent city evictionSupporters and residents of a tent city on Vancouver's East Hastings Street say they have nowhere else to go, as the city works to clear out the encampment.PoliticsAug 16, 2022
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Province responds to Hastings Street tent city removal, saying access to housing ‘limited’The city began removing the tent city this week, following an order from Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry that cited a potentially catastrophic fire risk from the encampment.PoliticsAug 12, 2022
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