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Experts say Ontario cities that move to evict homeless encampments can expect to see a wave of legal challenges after a precedent-setting ruling.
Twelve people out of 26 have had their charges from a Halifax demonstration last August withdrawn or dismissed. Another three people's cases have been sent to restorative justice.
Carmel Farahbakhsh says that when she headed to a Halifax demonstration last August to protest the city's decision to tear down temporary housing for the homeless, she was expecting to peacefully make her point. Instead, the 29-year-old said she was shoved into a police vehicle, suffered a concussion and was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction.
An Indigenous man living in what is assumed to be Toronto’s last “tiny shelter” in a downtown park says police have acted unfairly in their effort to remove and arrest him.
The developer behind a now-cancelled Caledonia, Ont., subdivision has renewed efforts to secure a permanent injunction against people from Six Nations who have been occupying the site for more than 20 months.