The Region of Waterloo says it will not appeal a recent court ruling that said people living at an encampment in Kitchener couldn't be evicted. The region says it will instead focus its efforts on supporting homeless individuals.
The Region of Waterloo says it is not currently planning to appeal Justice M. Valente s decision that ruled it cannot evict those living at an encampment at the corner of Victoria and Weber Streets in Kitchener.
The union that represents Region of Waterloo's paramedics says rats has it worried about the health and safety of people living in encampments as well as paramedics who use the detachment nearby to rest and eat.
The Region of Waterloo has lost a court bid for an injunction to evict residents of an encampment on municipally owned land at Victoria Street North and Weber Street West in Kitchener.