The city has failed to provide shelters for homeless residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now working against those attempting to help
In Toronto, a carpenter named Khaleel Seivwright has been providing the homeless in the city with tiny shelters to help them get through the winter since last fall, even raising over $200,000 to help with project costs. The city has now filed an injunction against Sievwright in response to his attempt to help not only improve living conditions for those without a home of their own but also to help save lives. If the injunction is granted, Sievwright will have to stop providing these shelters, or he will risk facing fines, criminal charges, and imprisonment.
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We all live in a city : Father-son pair of landscapers help build shelters in Toronto encampments
Henry Lee Heinonen and his father Eric have very different perspectives on how they see the world, but over the summer, they both concluded they wanted to help people living in Toronto’s homeless encampments.
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Henry Lee Heinonen, right, and his father Eric Lee, centre, helped build foam domes in a park near downtown Toronto.(Photo by Henry Lee Heinonen)
The CN Tower will be offering a free audio-visual light show at midnight.
From Broken Social Scene and Justin Bieber concerts to DJ sets and a CN Tower light show, here are a few ways to say virtual good riddance to 2020 on New Year’s Eve.
For the Underground Festival
Hosted by UPH Collective, this 24-hour Twitch livestream will feature DJ sets and serves as a fundraiser for local music venues Coda Toronto, Vertigo and Above the Wreckage or their partner charities.
11:30 am on December 31-January 1 at noon.
24-hour New Year’s Eve Movie Marathon
If partying is not your thing, tune in to this 24-hour event that will stream movies via Twitch to raise money for Khaleel Seivwright’s Toronto Tiny Shelters. Donations can be made via GoFundMe.
Meet the mayor of Trinity Bellwoods encampment Bruce Lee City
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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 closest to the footpath which this afternoon is lightly bustling with joggers, delivery bikers, and nannies pushing expensive perambulators is covered in graffiti tags: the number 420, Beastie Boys lyrics, and the silhouette of a white squirrel.