Posted: Mar 31, 2021 11:03 PM ET | Last Updated: April 1
In a six-page letter addressed to Mayor John Tory and four city councillors, Mike Layton, Gord Perks, Joe Cressy and Kristyn Wong-Tam, the lawyers say they are prepared to take legal action if the city dismantles encampments.(Paul Smith/CBC)
A group of lawyers in Toronto urged the city on Wednesday to call off its plans to clear encampments, saying such evictions would violate the rights of unhoused people living in parks during the pandemic.
In a six-page letter addressed to Mayor John Tory and Coun. Mike Layton, Gord Perks, Joe Cressy and Kristyn Wong-Tam, the lawyers said they are prepared to take legal action if the city proceeds to dismantle the encampments.
City of Toronto secures space in hotels for every person living in 4 priority encampment sites
The city says it now has enough space to move every person living in four major Toronto encampments into emergency shelters set up in hotels across the city and it s launching a new program that will help them make the transition.
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Posted: Mar 16, 2021 7:28 PM ET | Last Updated: March 16
A complex of insulated shelters and tents is pictured in Alexandra Park, in Toronto, on Feb. 12. The city says it now has enough room to house those living in encampments in Alexandra Park, along with those living in Moss Park, Trinity Bellwoods and Lamport Stadium.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 9:04 PM ET | Last Updated: February 18
On Feb. 13, the city reported that there was one variant of concern at the Maxwell Meighen Centre, a shelter funded by the city but run by the Salvation Army on Sherbourne Street near Queen Street East.(Ivan Arsovski/CBC)
Toronto s medical officer of health says she is concerned about the presence of COVID-19 variants of concern within the city s homeless shelter system.
Dr. Eileen de Villa confirmed Wednesday that there is now more than one COVID-19 case involving a variant at a city shelter, but she did not provide details on which shelters have variants of concern or which variant is present in the shelters. She said there are a total of 56 confirmed variant of concern cases in Toronto.
City of Toronto leases downtown Novotel hotel as homeless shelter during COVID-19 pandemic
The City of Toronto is leasing the downtown Novotel Toronto Centre hotel as a temporary homeless shelter to allow for more physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted: Feb 05, 2021 4:29 PM ET | Last Updated: February 5
People experiencing homelessness camp in Toronto’s east end on May 7, 2020. The city reported 10 COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless shelters in late January.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The City of Toronto is leasing the downtown Novotel Toronto Centre hotel as a temporary homeless shelter to allow for more physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.