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CDN: Story In Photos – The Rise And Fail Of Victoria’s Tent City

It was early fall of last year when a few dozen local homeless people pitched tents in order to make a temporary, but permanent shelter. However the story of tent city does not begin at the courthouse lawn, it is the product of a court ruling in 2008, making it a human right to [continue reading].

Photos: The Faces Of Victoria’s Tent City Occupants

On February 18, 2016, “Just after 3:30 this morning, we attended tent city for a report of a serious assault. One man is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. It’s early in the investigation and we continue to investigate what happened,” said Victoria Police [continue reading].

UPDATED Victoria: Helps, Clark And Hinkson Fail To Protect Residents

ery same government who deliberately allowed this occupation to take place last fall. Regardless of what is happening with a possible injunction application, I urge every person to call the Premier’s office in the morning, telling her she has to get her administration working overtime to get rid of tent city and under no circumstances to move this horror story a block away into Mt. Edwards where we’ll then have a PERMANENT tent city indoors, with all the same shit going on every day and night!

The tent city, which sits on the lawn of a provincial courthouse, now has about 100 residents. Most live in tents, while others have constructed multi-room wooden huts. In an audio statement released by the ministry, British Columbia’s housing minister, Rich Coleman announced [continue reading].

Column: Is Our Place Really A Haven For The Homeless?

Photo of a business located next to Our Place. You can see that barbed wire has been added around the shrubbery in an attempt to keep out the addicts who were using the bushes for nefarious purposes.

Or has Victoria become the number one destination for Canadians who choose to live on the streets? On that train of thought, I pose a question to the residents of Victoria: Has ‘Our Place’ on Pandora Street contributed to the increase of homeless people arriving [continue reading].