Forced out of Montreal encampment, disbanded homeless community spreads out into city
Posted: Dec 09, 2020 5:24 PM ET | Last Updated: December 9, 2020 There were between 30 and 40 people left in the homeless encampment along Montreal's Notre-Dame Street when it was finally shut down for good Monday morning.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press) After camping on a strip of grass alongside dozens of other homeless people for the last several months, Jacques Brochu finally has a roof over his head that isn't made of fabric. But as grateful as he is for the new digs, Brochu held back tears as he recalled waking up at the crack of dawn Monday to an army of Montreal firefighters and pol...
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