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The City of Cranbrook is now using drones to monitor former encampment sites and wooded areas where unhoused people were living amid public safety concerns in the East Kootenay community. It’s part of a larger public safety strategy the city is rolling out with bylaw officers working in tandem with …

Although she’s had no permanent home for two years, Bunny Chief says she often gives up her space at the overnight shelter so others have a warm place to sleep. “I try to make room for everybody else because I do have a little heater in my tent,” she said. But …

Montreal police are carrying out an operation to dismantle sections of a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street East near the city’s downtown core. Last month, Quebec’s Transport Ministry issued eviction notices to the people who had been living in tents near Morgan Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. The Quebec government owns that …

Just two days after taking out a loan to set up a makeshift home in a tent encampment for his family, Mohammed Kark felt water at his feet as the family was sleeping Sunday night. “All of a sudden I saw the ocean attacking me and my kids and people …

Premier Doug Ford has rarely been shy in his view that people receiving state support like Ontario Works should be looking for “gainful employment” but comments he made on Monday, and repeated Tuesday, represent a shift in tone for some critics. At an unrelated event in Coburg, Ont., on Monday, …

Police in Kingston, Ont., say a 47-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with killings in a homeless encampment on Thursday. They say the accused, who is from Kingston, remains in custody after he appeared in court on Friday afternoon. Police also identified the …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 3, 2024 12:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Halifax police union says it’s disappointed with a review calling for an apology for the way officers and the city handled homeless encampment evictions and a …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2024 2:08 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An independent review of actions taken by the municipality of Halifax and city police during evictions of homeless encampments that turned violent in 2021 says both parties made …

Vancouver Island University has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them to vacate their encampment on the campus in Nanaimo, B.C. by Monday. The university said in a statement that the notice was issued Thursday and if protesters are not gone by 8 a.m. Monday, it would “take …

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment that stood for weeks at the heart of the University of Toronto may now be gone, but experts say the court ruling that led to its clearing could have lingering effects for future protests on post-secondary campuses in Canada. Last week, a judge authorized police to …