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• Homeless camps in Victoria to be clear by end of day, province says

  B.C. provided an update on its plan to move tent city residents in Victoria into temporary housing in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

  Politics

  May 20, 2020
• Camp cleared at Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park, but advocates say housing fight ‘not over’

  The province says about 265 people have been moved to temporary housing, but one homeless advocate says the province housed the most visible, not the most vulnerable.

  Politics

  May 9, 2020
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• Police find 8-foot boa constrictor during call about man with machete in Oppenheimer Park

  Police said when they arrived, they found the snake — along with four replica handguns, two machetes, an axe and a club with nails in it.

  May 8, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Makeshift homeless shelter to open at Victoria hockey arena

  The city's main venue for hockey games and concerts is set to become a makeshift homeless shelter under the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  May 5, 2020
• Fire at Oppenheimer Park damages several tents

  When crews arrived around 6 p.m., they found flames at the centre of the park.

  May 1, 2020
• Replica guns, swords, bear spay seized near Oppenheimer Park

  The cache included nine replica guns, ammunition, swords, hatchets, bear spray and a stun baton, according to police. 

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2020
• VPD says it’s seized 70-plus weapons from Oppenheimer Park in recent weeks

  Early Wednesday morning a tent near the southwest corner of the park also burst into flames.

  Mar 4, 2020
• Guns, knives, bear spray, hatchets seized from communal tent at Oppenheimer Park

  Investigators say they were initially called to the park for a domestic dispute, but found no one injured and made no arrests.

  Feb 27, 2020
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• ‘A big surprise’: Oppenheimer Park sees remarkable turnaround with PHS intervention

  'It's clean ... I think by next week, it will be even cleaner. And there isn't this tension anymore,' said a member of the Buddhist temple nearby.

  Feb 21, 2020
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• Portland Hotel Society hired to help find housing for Oppenheimer Park homeless

  The next steps in the city's approach to an entrenched homeless camp at Oppenheimer Park got a little bit clearer on Friday.

  Jan 31, 2020