Toronto Encampments

• Has Toronto’s election focused enough on homelessness?

  In Toronto Centre, where some some of the city's biggest homeless encampments are found, nine candidates are running to be the ward's new councillor.

  Politics

  Oct 20, 2022
  
• Ombudsman: Toronto must treat people in homeless encampments with dignity

  Ombudsman Kwame Addo is conducting an investigation into the city's clearing of encampments in Toronto last year.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2022
  
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• Privacy watchdog examining information City of Toronto compiled on homeless

  Ontario's privacy watchdog is looking into the dossier of information the City of Toronto compiled on homeless people as it planned to clear a park where they lived last year.

  Canada

  May 24, 2022
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• Toronto looking at hiring private security at major parks to prevent encampments

  The key parks include Trinity Bellwoods Park, Lamport Stadium Park, Alexandra Park and Dufferin Grove with two mobile teams for Moss Park and Barbara Hall Park.

  Canada

  May 12, 2022
• 29-year-old man charged in connection with Toronto encampment protest

  After a protest took place while City officials and police moved to clear the homeless encampment at Lamport Stadium, a large crowd gathered outside of 14 Division.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2021
• Toronto, Vancouver Island protests shine spotlight on media access, freedom of the press

  Police and politicians' efforts to limit public access to events in Toronto and Vancouver Island have cast a spotlight journalists and spurred concerns over freedom of the press.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2021
• Toronto resident at encampment clearing seen in photo of apparent choking by officer speaks out

  'I feel violated. Yeah, I'm just really angry it was a decision they made to use this much violence over something that just didn't need to go there,' Jayme Carter said.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2021
• City of Toronto staff say no connection between community centre film shoot, park encampment removal

  As filming occurs at the Scadding Court Community Centre two days after officials and police cleared an encampment at Alexandra Park, fencing remains up around the green space.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2021
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• Toronto officials, police under fire for tactics used to clear homeless encampments

  “People were peacefully defending tents and their bodies were used to actually destroy those tents."

  Politics

  Jul 22, 2021