“THEY ARE NOT THE OTHER. THEY ARE US.”: Gibson rules on 100vic

From Apr. 16 to Apr. 20, 2026, the Ontario Court of Justice heard the case The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown. This case was the result of an application filed by the Region of Waterloo to determine that the Sit-Specific By-Law Number 25-021, A By-Law Respecting the Use of 100 Victoria Street North, Kitchener (as Owned by the Regional Municipality […]

https://www.communityedition.ca/they-are-not-the-other-they-are-us-gibson-rules-on-100vic/

Salvation Army outreach workers help house chronically homeless people in Winnipeg
A team of outreach workers based out of the Salvation Army's Centre of Hope are helping people find stable housing. But the move out of an encampment and into permanent housing is a process that can take two or three months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/salvation-army-outreach-workers-homeless-9.7221906?cmp=rss

Future of Penticton homeless encampment to be decided by the courts in July
If the injunction is granted, the province would have the legal authority to evict the roughly two dozen people living at the encampment and clear the site.
#Canada #Fairviewhomelessencampment #Homelessness #penticton
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887814/future-penticton-homeless-encampment-decided-courts-july/

Future of Penticton homeless encampment to be decided by the courts in July
If the injunction is granted, the province would have the legal authority to evict the roughly two dozen people living at the encampment and clear the site.
#Canada #Fairviewhomelessencampment #Homelessness #penticton
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887814/future-penticton-homeless-encampment-decided-courts-july/

Future of Penticton homeless encampment to be decided by the courts in July
If the injunction is granted, the province would have the legal authority to evict the roughly two dozen people living at the encampment and clear the site.
#Canada #Fairviewhomelessencampment #Homelessness #penticton
https://globalnews.ca/news/11887814/future-penticton-homeless-encampment-decided-courts-july/

Optimism crumbled to grief for family of woman found dead in encampment fire
A woman whose body was found in the burned-out remains of a makeshift shelter in Fredericton was at the time making strides in her recovery from addiction, according to her siblings.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-encampment-fire-vicki-martin-mckay-9.7216546?cmp=rss

Ruling in Kitchener encampment case 'send a clear message' about people's rights, housing advocate says
Marie-Josée Houle, the federal housing advocate, says the recent decision by a Kitchener, Ont., judge that prevented the Region of Waterloo from clearing an encampment without providing alternatives to the people living there shows governments ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/federal-housing-advocate-statement-kitchener-encampment-ruling-region-waterloo-9.7215538?cmp=rss

City of Yellowknife to 'encourage' encampment residents to move to territorial land
Yellowknife city council has accepted a set of recommendations for how to handle homeless encampments — including one to ban camping on municipal land and to "encourage" encampment residents to relocate to territorial land.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/city-council-encampment-9.7214561?cmp=rss

Is a tenting bylaw the answer to clearing the Kitchener encampment?
Part of a ruling by Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael R. Gibson last week was for the Region of Waterloo to offer an alternative site for people at an encampment in downtown Kitchener, or to develop a tenting protocol. Regional councillor Pam Wolf is hopeful that's the direction the region takes, after...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-encampment-tenting-bylaw-protocol-needed-9.7211226?cmp=rss

'Most ridiculous ruling': Premier slams judge's decision barring region from clearing encampment
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a judge's ruling on Thursday that the Region of Waterloo cannot clear an encampment in Kitchener to make way for construction crews to work on a new transit hub is "the craziest decision I've ever heard."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/premier-doug-ford-comment-kitchener-encampment-ruling-9.7208836?cmp=rss