Homeless Encampments

• Ontario bill aimed at ending homeless encampments to stiffen trespass, drug penalties

  Ontario legislation aimed at helping municipalities clear homeless encampments out of public parks will include stronger trespass laws and fines, Doug Ford announced Thursday.

  Politics

  Dec 12
  
• Alberta and Ottawa agree to work on homelessness assistance deal

  Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada issued a statement Wednesday night to say that Fraser spoke by phone with Nixon.

  Politics

  Oct 24
  
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• Ontario municipalities say there were 1,400 homeless encampments last year

  Cities and towns across Ontario saw at least 1,400 homeless encampments in their communities last year, according to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

  Canada

  Aug 14
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• Support centre for homeless will be permanent in Edmonton, expanded to Calgary: province

  The province is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility in Calgary.

  Crime

  Mar 26
• Halifax’s de-designated encampment sites are now mostly vacated

  Most people who were living in the five de-designated encampment sites in Halifax have now left to live elsewhere, according to the municipality.

  Canada

  Mar 5
• 380+ vulnerable people have accessed Edmonton’s ‘navigation and support centre’

  Since it opened on Jan. 17, more than 380 vulnerable people have accessed services at the navigation and support centre in downtown Edmonton, the province said.

  Crime

  Feb 23
• Edmonton city council’s homeless emergency declaration slammed by Alberta government

  A motion was passed 9-4 by city council Tuesday for an emergency to be declared, intending to signal the seriousness and scale of homelessness in Edmonton.

  Politics

  Jan 16
• Edmonton mayor introduces motion to declare homelessness emergency

  Edmonton city councillors are debating a motion to discuss declaring a housing and homelessness emergency in the city.

  Canada

  Jan 15
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• Edmonton homeless encampment residents share stress of facing eviction as temperatures plummet

  An Edmonton homeless encampment is set to be evicted. Those who live there are stressing it's safe, and they say being displaced as temperatures dip is a bigger danger.

  Canada

  Jan 8
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• 3rd high-risk Edmonton homeless encampment dismantled in Dawson Ravine

  Thousands of pounds of items and waste were hauled away from the high-risk encampment in the ravine at Dawson Park, below the east end of Jasper Avenue in Edmonton.

  Crime

  Jan 2