Homeless Camp

• Smithers, B.C. spending almost $400,000 on private security, safety upgrades at homeless camp

  Following ongoing disorder and repeated fires, council recently approved spending up to $234,000 per year for private security to monitor the camp.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2025
  
• Homeless encampment in Vancouver’s CRAB Park to close next week: city

  The City of Vancouver says the remaining seven residents of the encampment have a week to pack up and leave, or they must remove their tents each day.

  Nov 1, 2024
  
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• Vancouver’s only sanctioned homeless encampment to be closed by Nov. 7, city says

  The Vancouver Park Board said Wednesday that it has set Nov. 7 as the deadline to end sheltering in a special "designated area" in CRAB Park.

  Economy

  Oct 23, 2024
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• ‘Bring the temperature down’: Tensions rise over new Abbotsford homeless camp

  Some people who were living in an encampment on BC Hydro land on Gladys Road have erected tents and a trailer in Babich Park as a protest after being evicted from the former site.

  Politics

  Jun 28, 2024
• Major encampment cleanup in Kelowna, B.C. well underway

  The cleanup is expected to take a couple of days to complete, and the rail trail will be closed to public traffic as the work continues.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2024
• City lays out plans to clean up sanctioned encampment in Vancouver’s CRAB Park

  A homeless encampment in Vancouver's CRAB Park will be shut down for a week for a cleanup by the city. Camp advocates, however, say the city hasn't listened to residents.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2024
• Province touts progress, but still no timeline to end CRAB Park encampment

  In May 2022, a man was murdered in CRAB Park, and the encampment was the scene of a stabbing spree last October and a major tent fire in December.

  Politics

  Oct 12, 2023
• City moves to clear tents from portion of Vancouver’s CRAB Park

  Part of the park is the site of a long-running homeless encampment that, following a protracted court battle, the city has been ordered to leave in place due to a lack of housing.

  Crime

  Oct 11, 2023
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• City of Kelowna begins cleanup at rail trail homeless camp

  The cleanup, says the city, is needed because as the camp grows, so does the risk of fires in tents during winter.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023
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• Burnaby firefighters battle explosive fire at homeless camp

  The fire started with a person from a nearby homeless camp burning off plastic from wires and cables to get at the copper for resale to metal recyclers, according to Burnaby RCMP.

  Fire

  Sep 6, 2023