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Toronto Public Health has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at three homeless shelters and the city says it will deploy more staff to the shelters if need be to curb virus spread.
The bans come while Toronto faces an affordable housing crisis and is under scrutiny for several high-profile encampment clearings this summer, in which it used riot police. The city spent nearly $2 million to clear three city parks and Toronto's Ombudsman launched an investigation on the clearings last month.
Posted: Jul 12, 2021 11:08 PM ET | Last Updated: July 13 Encampment supporters defend a group of tents while Toronto police enforce an eviction order in Trinity Bellwoods Park on June 22.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) Homeless advocates are calling on Mayor John Tory to end the use of force against encampments in city parks and to adopt a more compassionate approach when dealing with unhoused people in Toronto. In a letter titled "A Path Forward," signed by more than 200 organizations, community leaders, academics, artists and musicians, the advocates ask Tory to put the letter on the agenda of Wednesday...
Security fence in Trinity Bellwoods to stay for weeks so grass can grow back, city says A security fence enclosing a large section of Trinity Bellwoods Park will remain for the next few weeks because city crews have reseeded the grass in that area and the fence will protect it as it grows, the City of Toronto says. Social Sharing
An Indigenous man who is partially paralyzed filed a complaint with St. Michael's Hospital after he says he was kicked out of the ER for swearing and left outside in the cold in a wheelchair he couldn't operate.