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About 20 residents were camped on the lawn at 245 Detroit St. Wednesday, after a prohibition of occupancy order came into effect Tuesday at midnight.
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“We packed, not that much really. I wasn’t sure when (the police) were coming, and so midnight hit and we sat there, like ‘are they coming?’ Every siren we heard. And they didn’t,” said Shawna McFadden, one of several River Place residents now camping on the property.
Tenants said they’re facing down the deadline with very few options.
“It’s a nightmare,” said John Bradley, a River Place tenant. “It’s been one thing after another and now we’re all basically on the street.”
It is so unfortunate that it has come to this
Some of the building’s residents, including Bradley, had moved to River Place from “tent city,” the encampment in the city’s downtown core disbanded by officials late last year. Bradley said he had been living at River Place in his own room since then and had initially been hopeful it was a chance to change his life.
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Local bars and restaurants welcomed patrons back indoors Friday afternoon as the province allowed indoor dining under Step 3 of Ontario’s reopening plan. The move came not a moment too soon as Friday’s downpour left patios deserted.
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“We did patios so that was nice, but we’ve had a lot of rain days lately,” said Marco Maggio, general manager at Vito’s Pizzeria and several other local restaurants. “It’s nice to get people back inside.”
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In a press conference under the sun at Coventry Gardens, Singh – joined by former Windsor and Essex area MPs Cheryl Hardcastle and Tracey Ramsey – pledged to create more than a million new jobs, starting with better conditions for workers, a buy Canadian mandate for public infrastructure, and incentivizing Canadian manufacturing for essential PPE and vaccines.
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“We are committed as New Democrats to making jobs a priority and creating jobs, but for New Democrats, we can’t just create jobs,” Singh said, joined by local union leaders and personal support workers. “We have to make sure there’s better work and workers are supported. That’s our plan.”