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In fenced-off Meagher Park, one renegade poem keeps surviving its removal

A memorial to Halifax’s unhoused population, Halifax poet laureate Sue Goyette’s poem has found a life of its own—and arrives amid another cold winter for those outdoors.

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Police action is "imminent" to remove handful of tenters from People's Park | City | Halifax, Nova Scotia

Council braces for a repeat of last year’s shelter siege as conditions at the park degrade. “We are one heavy rainstorm away from a cholera outbreak as far as I'm concerned.”

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Halifax council mulls police-led evictions at Meagher Park

Halifax city council met Tuesday to discuss homelessness in the municipality.

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People's Park residents told it's time to leave | City | Halifax, Nova Scotia

Residents were told the police were coming, but that may have been a scare tactic.

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How the city blew its budget for modular housing

“That is a crazy pile of money,” mayor Savage said in newly revealed email about $500,000 budget becoming a price tag near $3.2 million.

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HRM has a new approach to homelessness (again)

The city wants to designate specific parks where “camping” is permitted.

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Councillor blasts group building shelters after altercation at Dartmouth park

Coun. Sam Austin says temporary shelters in public spaces are needed to house people experiencing homelessness, but he takes issue with a local group that's building the structures.

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Church group applies to extend emergency shelters

The archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth is seeking an extension on occupancy permits for its 20 emergency shelters on church grounds, suggesting there is nowhere else for those experiencing homelessness to go at this time.

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What a B.C. court ruling could mean for Halifax park evictions

A British Columbia judge has overturned orders evicting people living at a homeless encampment in downtown Vancouver, which law experts and advocates say could carry precedent and lessons for Halifax.

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Halifax Search and Rescue take on new role and help locate locate those experiencing homelessness in the city

Halifax Search and Rescue has recently taken on a new role - on nights when the mercury dips or a storm hits, the city has tasked volunteers with checking-on people living on the streets.

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