Homeless Encampment

• Jurisdictional gaps blamed for fire risk at, near Penticton homeless encampment

  Despite signage prohibiting fire activity in the area, three blazes have erupted at the encampment in just the past two weeks.

  Canada

  Jan 30
  
• As Vernon’s homeless encampment grows, so do environmental, fire hazard concerns

  Garbage, grocery carts and propane tanks are among the items that are piling up — and only metres from a creek.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2025
  
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• Unusual homeless encampment in Vernon draws a lot of attention

  Perched in the trees along a busy stretch of  Highway 97 near 48th Avenue is quite the sight: a large treehouse structure, which is part encampment with numerous tents below.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2025
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• Edmonton resident in a bind after encampment debris left behind on property

  You can a piece of flooring foam being used as a bed, part of a bedframe that was charred, open food containers, garbage, and a bucket full of unidentifiable yellow liquid.

  Features

  Jul 9, 2025
• Residents of Coquitlam homeless encampment issued formal eviction notice

  Last week, the city issued a formal eviction notice, effective Thursday morning, ordering all tents to be dismantled and personal items removed during the day.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2025
• Penticton, B.C. encampment residents officially evicted from site

  Outreach workers have been on-site over the past several days, helping connect people with available support services.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2025
• Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city

  The city-designated outdoor sheltering site, north of the downtown core, will soon take up a smaller footprint with fewer residents and shorter operating hours.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2025
• Ford’s toughening rhetoric on homeless encampments amid many legal barriers

  The number of encampments in downtowns large and small across the province has grown in recent years, with mayors demanding solutions.

  Politics

  Nov 4, 2024
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• Elaborate village-like encampment with power, water dismantled in south Edmonton

  Great pains were made to hide the little village, where a fenced compound contained several disguised huts that had power, running water and appliances like a fridge and washer.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2024
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• N.S. premier calls some of new Halifax encampment sites ‘completely nuts’

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Halifax council's decision to designate an area of Point Pleasant Park to serve as a homeless encampment was what shocked him most.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2024