Tent Encampment

• ‘Cruel’: Legal community questions N.S. move to exclude tents from higher income assistance

  Members of Halifax's legal community are reacting after the provincial government prevented people living in tents from accessing higher income assistance. 

  Canada

  Sep 1
  
• Several tents destroyed by fire at Halifax-area homeless encampment

  A spokesman for Halifax Fire and Emergency says there were no injuries after the fire broke out at 6:19 a.m. near Green Road Park in suburban Dartmouth.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2024
  
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• Last resident at Halifax encampment site on his fight for ‘dignified living’

  Municipal crews moved in to dismantle the remaining tents at an encampment in Halifax's south end on Wednesday, with one resident vowing to stay.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2024
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• ‘Discriminating against the poor’: Woman at Halifax encampment site pushing back on eviction

  Crews were on hand at Victoria Park in the city's downtown Monday morning, putting up fencing around the site. One resident isn't happy with what's been unfolding.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2024
• Man assaulted with bat at Halifax-area tent encampment: RCMP

  RCMP say they were called around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday to the ballfield on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville.

  Crime

  Feb 29, 2024
• N.B. encampment residents can’t understand why someone wanted to burn down their home

  A non-profit group working with homeless people says residents of an encampment where a tent was set on fire this week are fearful but have returned to the site. 

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2024
• City of Guelph council defers public space use bylaw

  More than 24 public delegations were heard at a special Guelph city council meeting on Wednesday regarding a draft bylaw on the use of public space.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2024
• ‘There’s going to be more deaths’: Halifax tent community reeling after man dies

  The community living at the tent encampment at Halifax's Grand Parade is reeling after a recent death, and advocates say the situation will only worsen.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2023
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• Halifax-area tent encampment hopes new upgrades will help as temperatures drop

  Volunteers providing assistance to those living in a Lower Sackville ballfield have helped raise enough funds to purchase a military tent and wood stove for the area.

  Economy

  Dec 9, 2023
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• ‘This is all they have’: Wind storm destroys tents for unhoused in Halifax

  Monday's fierce wind and rain storm took residents of Grand Parade's tent encampment in Halifax by surprise, and destroyed nearly a third of the structures. 

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2023