Global News BC: Burnaby firefighters battle explosive fire at homeless camp https://globalnews.ca/news/9943908/burnaby-homeless-camp-fire/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BurnabyHomelessCamp #Burnabyhomelessfire #HomelessEncampment #Homelesscampfire #Homelessfirerisk #homelesscamp #Burnabyfire #firerisk #Homeless #Fire

Global News BC: ‘Self-defence’: Charge stayed against man accused in Nanaimo homeless camp shooting https://globalnews.ca/news/9843429/self-defence-charge-stayed-nanaimo-homeless-camp-shooting/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #nanaimoshootingchargedropped #BCProsecutionService #homelesscampshooting #HomelessEncampment #Nanaimohomeless #NanaimoShooting #ChargeStayed #CraigTruckle #NanaimoRCMP #ClintSmith #Nanaimo #Stayed #Crime

Big argument on #Nextdoor about #HomelessEncampment. Some want it removed even though they aren't bothering anybody. Can't even see them from the road. Estimates range from one couple recently fallen on hard times to hordes of chronically mentally ill addicts preying on children & teens 🙄

I just can't with some of these folk.

Some of 'em don't even know what jurisdiction we're in. So clearly not paying attention to community affairs until confronted by reality.

#Unhoused
#CobbCounty

A reminder of the demonstration occurring at 5:30pm eastern time today.

Text from the instagram link below:

"🚨Homelesss Encampment EVICTION🚨 The Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union is calling for a public demonstration this Monday, 5:30pm, outside Atwater metro station (Cabot Square). We have received word from a union member living within the encampment under the Ville-Marie Expressway that an eviction is planned for the first week of March. True or not, we are asking for the permanent cancellation of this "postponed" eviction, and arrangements for good housing for encampment residents. Share widely and bring out your networks.

These evictions are not solutions to homelessness and do not improve the lives of people who are homeless. Homelessness is caused by our broken shelter system, the predatory rents and evictions of landlords, and the modern austerity politics of capitalist governments who underfund and mismanage mental health, social, and housing services.

Some members of the encampment have been living there for over five years. After our union helped to push back the last eviction, members of the encampment were promised good housing by the government. From what we can tell, this ended up being only talk and PR.

The housing crisis affects us all! Defend your neighbours!

#tenantsunion #homelessencampment #evictiondefense #solidarity #encampment #eviction #montreal"

https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-Gm51OJYx/

May this site's residents be successful and may all find shelter in the place they call home.

#Tiotiake #Tiotiahke #Mooniyang
#polmtl #montreal