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Nova Scotia

RCMP warn of exploitation of tent encampment residents in Lower Sackville

RCMP in the Halifax area say they are concerned about people trying to exploit those living in a tent encampment…

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Nova Scotia

Residents of tent encampment at Grand Parade can now access electricity

A tent encampment at the centre of Halifax’s downtown core has been outfitted with generators to provide residents with electricity.…

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Canada

Bannerman Park’s biggest tent city happened 131 years ago in the wake of a stunning fire

The temporary shelters erected in Bannerman Park for city residents who had lost their homes in the fire were simple…

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Halifax

Tent fire situation getting ‘scary’ in HRM

Michael Baker was largely unfazed by a weekend tent fire at the homeless encampment in the Grand Parade in Halifax.…

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Halifax

No injuries in tent fire at Halifax’s Grand Parade

A tent in the homeless encampment at Halifax’s Grand Parade was damaged in a fire Saturday morning. Halifax Fire district…

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Nova Scotia

3 people escape tent fire in downtown Halifax

Three people escaped from a burning tent in downtown Halifax Saturday morning. The fire broke out inside a tent in Grand…

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Halifax

Lower Sackville encampment volunteers plead with N.S. for safe shelters after man injured in collapsed tent

She’s not asking for much. Just a little shelter with a roof and some heat. “It’s not like anybody here…

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Halifax

‘People are going to die’: Halifax tent camp fire clouds morning commute, stirs worries for homeless people’s safety

The bottom of the overpass was scorched black. Below it, a microwave sat in the middle of charred remains: a…

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Canada

A Better Tent City houses 50 people but volunteers say they need more cash to keep it going

A Better Tent City is a tiny home community in Kitchener, Ont. that has been considered by people in other communities…

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Canada

Tent city protesters don’t want to go into shelters. These complaints we obtained explain why

Sheltered, a CBC Investigates series, examines the housing crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador — telling the stories of the people…

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