All stories in: encampments
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Toronto unveils encampment action plan for downtown park, including 24/7 on-site security guards and ‘culturally-connected’ community service providers
Ask and you shall receive. That’s because a Toronto neigbourhood, and those living in encampments nearby, will finally receive support that meets their needs and... -
Op-Ed: Toronto’s unhoused are being left behind again amid Omicron wave
The Omicron variant has arrived in Canada, rapidly driving up infections. Yet, once again, people experiencing homelessness are being left behind. Already facing the harsh... -
City and Toronto police sued over Lamport encampment eviction
Five supporters of encampment residents who say they were injured in violent confrontations with police at Lamport Stadium Park this summer have filed a lawsuit... -
Toronto spent $2 million clearing three homeless encampments
The city of Toronto spent nearly $2 million clearing homeless people from encampments at Trinity Bellwoods, Lamport Stadium and Alexandra Park. On Friday, officials release... -
Tiny Shelters carpenter agrees to stop building structures for homeless
Khaleel Seivwright has agreed to stop building and placing wooden shelters in parks as part of a legal settlement with the City of Toronto. Over... -
Op-ed: John Tory, we cannot police our way out of a homelessness crisis
I remember my family’s evictions. As refugees, I remember the constant displacement that followed us from across the ocean, the sudden loss of home and... -
Activists alter signs in Trinity Bellwoods to call out police brutality
Toronto activists designed and posted signs at Trinity Bellwoods to call out the city’s behaviour following the forced and often violent response to people protesting... -
26 people arrested as Toronto clears Lamport Stadium encampment
Dozens of people have been arrested after police moved in on encampment resident supporters outside Lamport Stadium this afternoon. Police, private security and city workers... -
Toronto fences off Alexandra Park to clear encampments
City of Toronto staff closed a downtown park near Bathurst and Dundas to the public early Tuesday morning in order to forcibly clear an encampment.... -
Toronto police and city staff evict Trinity Bellwoods encampment residents
A large Toronto police force along with private security swooped in to forcibly evict encampment residents at Trinity Bellwoods Park early on June 22. The... -
Human rights lawyer condemns Toronto over Lamport encampment clearing
The city of Toronto's decision to clear encampments outside Lamport Stadium goes against human rights, lawyer Leilani Farha said today. In a video statement posted... -
Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments
Around the start of COVID-19, at an encampment on the property of Holy Trinity Church in Toronto, residents received certification papers from church leaders verifying... -
Housing activists: Toronto shelter hotel program for encampment residents isn’t a solution
Housing activists say a program announced by the city of Toronto to provide 250 hotel spaces for residents in four "priority" encampment locations disguises the... -
Tiny Shelters carpenter asks Toronto to drop legal action
The Scarborough carpenter behind the Toronto Tiny Shelters project to house homeless people in public parks has asked the city to drop an injunction application... -
Advocates call for hotel rooms downtown to house encampment residents
At least 38 people a day are denied shelter due to a lack of space in Toronto every day. According to a report set to...
