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The City of Toronto is asking a court to order a local man to stop building small wooden shelters for the homeless.

As Covid-19 cases climb and temperatures drop, this winter promises to only get worse for the approximately 8,700 Torontonians experiencing homelessness on any given day. Last spring, the city of Toronto quickly responded to the pandemic by expanding its number of shelters to reduce capacities and maintain physical distancing. But a spate of devastating shelter outbreaks in April left many occupants feeling unsafe and turning back to the streets. Encampments have since sprung up in public spaces throughout the city, from Trinity Bellwoods and Alexandra Park to Moss Park and Cherry Beach. Desp...

Meet the mayor of Trinity Bellwoods encampment Bruce Lee City Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Along the west end of Trinity Bellwoods Park, on the soft, muddy expanse of land between the playground and the seniors supportive living facility, there exists Bruce Lee City, a quiet settlement of about fifteen tents and tiny shelters encamped in a loose circle around a bare Scotch Elm. In the grey-brown chill of early December, the utility blues and oranges of the tents are difficult to miss. The shelter clo...

Thomson earns praise for commitment to Delta, personal humility Supervisor Skip Thomson FAIRFIELD — Skip Thomson attended his final meeting Tuesday as a Solano County supervisor, during which his commitment to the Delta, Travis Air Force Base, the homeless and his personal humility were lauded. A video of a speech Thomson made at a statewide Delta Stewardship Council meeting showed that commitment to the Delta, as he argued against the twin tunnels project and bristled over a cost-benefit analysis that was kept from the board. Thomson said Northern California may have a responsibility to he...