Squatters

• Growing squatter encampment above Peachland prompts serious safety concerns

  The dwellers have hauled in furniture and all kinds of equipment onto the site, which is in the Upper Trepanier Bench area.

  Canada

  Apr 2
  
• Crews battle blaze in vacant Calgary building, 1 hospitalized

  Calgary Fire received calls about an industrial building at the corner of 10th Street and 11th Avenue Southwest. A person with serious burns was taken to hospital.

  Fire

  Jan 30, 2024
  
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• ‘Problem properties’ plague Alberta Avenue, residents fed up

  Residents of Alberta Avenue are calling on the City of Edmonton to make more changes to the problem properties plaguing the neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2023
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• Keremeos, B.C. residents raise concerns over abandoned bus

  It's been almost a year since police shot two people at an unincorporated campsite near Keremeos, killing one man and seriously injuring a woman.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
• Keremeos, B.C. official responds to concerns following police-involved shooting

  Following a police-involved shooting of two squatters near Keremeos last week, residents say they are concerned with the unincorporated campsite where the incident unfolded.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2022
• 4-alarm fire tears through vacant building in downtown Montreal

  Where and how the fire started has yet to be determined, but the fire department indicated it could be linked to possible squatters in the building.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
• Nanaimo, B.C. family returns from holiday to find home trashed by squatters

  Police arrived at the home to find a man hiding in the children's closet.

  Crime

  Sep 9, 2020
• B.C. senior terrified after kind gesture leads to squatters invading backyard

  Before police intervened, the woman's daughter says squatters were asked to leave several times, to no avail.

  Jan 30, 2020
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• Vandals return to evacuated Sechelt homes built on sinkholes, leaving owners heartbroken

  At least two homes have had rocks thrown through the windows and graffiti sprayed on the walls, which was discovered Friday.

  Jan 18, 2020
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• Evacuated homeowners, RCMP concerned over break-ins at condemned Sechelt subdivision

  At least five homes in the Concordia Seawatch neighbourhood have been broken into by squatters since the homeowners were evacuated in February.

  Sep 4, 2019