Diane Hebert News Today

Three people have been found dead in homeless encampments in eastern Ontario and the Outaouais this month, marking a disturbing trend advocates say is not only tragic, but preventable.

Kingston police say a person was found dead inside a tent Thursday evening — the third reported death of an unhoused person this month in the region.

Officials in Cornwall are scrambling to have a plan in place to help homeless people in the Eastern Ontario city after a woman died at a homeless encampment there last week.

An eastern Ontario city's plan to house homeless people this winter is being met with a mix of relief and regret, coming less than a week after a homeless woman died in a local encampment. 

The city of Cornwall will be leasing a former long-term care facility in the downtown core to house residents living in encampments during the winter season.

Mayor Justin Towndale takes responsibility for fatality, explains what Cornwall has been doing to provide winter shelter for the unhoused.

Mayor Justin Towndale takes responsibility for fatality, explains what Cornwall has been doing to provide winter shelter for the unhoused.

Mayor Justin Towndale takes responsibility for fatality, explains what Cornwall has been doing to provide winter shelter for the unhoused.

Mayor Justin Towndale takes responsibility for fatality, explains what Cornwall has been doing to provide winter shelter for the unhoused.

Mayor Justin Towndale takes responsibility for fatality, explains what Cornwall has been doing to provide winter shelter for the unhoused.