";s:4:"text";s:19850:"It’s a challenging issue for the housed residents .125of Strathcona.375, but I think it’s also the unhoused residents who… deserve the same rights and freedoms and protections as anyone, and not to be sort of bullied by a gang.”. Brett said violent incidents also happen in single-room occupancy hotel buildings in Vancouver’s nearby Downtown Eastside, but those buildings don’t receive as much scrutiny as the homeless camp at the park. Ellie Lambert, a city spokeswoman, said Vancouver and B.C. In the past few months, camp residents have erected small fences around their area of the park to demarcate “Camp Kennedy Trudeau” from others who have also set up tents in the large city park. In 2008 and again in 2015, the B.C. government is eyeing the deal to end Victoria’s homeless encampment as a possible template for other tent cities. 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A month ago, Eby announced two new shelters in Vancouver that would provide beds for 120 people experiencing homelessness, calling them “part of our response to Strathcona.”, As of Tuesday, some 200 to 250 people remain in tents at the park, by Fiona York’s count. Coun. “But what is clear… is that there is more criminal activity happening in that park than there is legitimate homelessness. “Having a tent city is an opportunity to see this really visible crisis … and actually have a dialogue about what people are needing that works for them instead of just offering the same-old, same-old thing.”. Advocates point to the ongoing crises of homelessness, and record numbers of overdose deaths due to a toxic drug supply. The community advocate said that for her the solution brokered in Victoria didn’t sound like much of a solution at all. Protocol refers to an Indigenous practice the camp leaders have been requiring of all visitors which involves asking them to offer tobacco to a fire in a gesture of good intentions. Strathcona Park is several times bigger, with plenty of room to grow. Supreme Court struck down city bylaws — one in Victoria and the other in Abbotsford — that prohibited people from erecting shelters or sleeping in city parks. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO / PNG “A woman in a scooter asked what we were doing and told us to leave the park because it was on unceded territory,” said Fry, who lives in the neighbourhood. Published September 1, 2020 Updated September 1, 2020 . David Eby’s intention to use an agreement struck to end a homeless encampment in Victoria as a template for other tent cities is raising questions about whether and how it could be used in Vancouver’s Strathcona Park. VANCOUVER -- The B.C. It’s time to clear the park.”. Strathcona resident Adam Levy dumps garbage from Strathcona Park at City Hall to protest the ongoing tent camp at the park in Vancouver, BC., on February 24, 2021. Gary Mason National affairs columnist. “We and our staff have worked incredibly hard to try and achieve the desired outcome, which was really to acknowledge the fact that we are in a housing crisis, that people need housing and that the most humane way to decamp Strathcona Park is to… find people housing and then humanely clear the park,” Bligh told The Tyee. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read more about cookies here. For her, an array of appropriate and long-term housing options is what it would take to see an end to what has become a cycle of tent cities that move from one place to the next. Two Vancouver city councillors say plans to remove a tent city in Strathcona Park should be accelerated following a series of events Tuesday when camp residents challenged the presence of police and local politicians in the park. An estimated 200 to 400 residents having been living in the park at various times since June after a previous tent city in Oppenheimer Park, also supported by Brett, was closed in May. 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Strathcona Park tent city supporters are asking for more police presence and faster response times after a resident was stabbed Sunday. Almost 400 people call it home. But Fry denies he made the comments, and said he has only been at the Union Market once in the past month…. He could not believe the crap Pete Fry was spouting.”, Brett said that she would have offered to invite Fry to “a talking circle and request his allyship rather than his stereotypical, ignorant view on .125the.375 homeless.”. Fry and Bligh said they were confronted by several camp residents who asked them to leave the park, which is about two kilometres from the Downtown Eastside. Rebecca Bligh said the incidents that happened this week have made it clear to her that “criminal activity” is happening in the park. As for Oppenheimer Park, it remains fenced in, with crews continuing to fix up the two-acre piece of land that served as an encampment for more than a year. Regarding the incident on Tuesday afternoon when city councillors were told to leave the park, Brett said she didn’t witness it. courts have established that homeless people have a constitutional right to erect temporary overnight shelters on public land when they have no other options, and Vancouver and Victoria have similar bylaws that regulate that activity. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Eby told the media in that city that the effort will require help from bylaw officers and police. For Subscribers. It was the site of another tent city in 2014 before the then-park board successfully sought an injunction to clear the park. The situation didn’t feel safe, so he and the other councillors left the park. At another point, when camp supporters demand to see the search warrant, the officer tells them he can only show the search warrant to the person being served with it for privacy reasons. Pascal Bouthilette, 41, has been charged with second-degree murder and Sandy Parisian, 47, with manslaughter. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. The city and park board have put in place a slow-moving plan to move people from the tent city — also known as Camp Kennedy Trudeau, or Camp KT — as spaces in shelters or housing become available. Get local stories you won't find anywhere else right to your inbox. But Fry said he doesn’t know of any SRO buildings where management actively interfere with police investigations. The video shows police officers holding rifles with the gun barrels pointed towards the ground. Coun. Those people told the city councillors they had to leave, Fry said. Homeless camp at Vancouver’s Strathcona Park prompts new call for sanctioned tent city By Simon Little & Jordan Armstrong Global News Posted June 26, 2020 9:10 pm Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. If you don't see it please check your junk folder. “I don’t think it’s fair. A homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver on Jan. 15. A Housing Ministry spokesman said the province’s goal was to open enough shelter, temporary and permanent housing spaces for everyone at Strathcona Park, and to close the encampment, calling it neither a safe nor suitable form of permanent housing or shelter. Chrissy Brett, one of the tent city … But Bligh said it’s become clear that gradual plan is no longer feasible. murder cases in jeopardy as accused killer walks free, police slammed for ignoring law, TWU-driven team researches threat of invasive species to Metro Vancouver. 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