Halifax will shut off power at the Grand Parade and Correctional Centre Park encampments on Friday as the municipality continues to de-designate five outdoor shelters.
A group call the Friends of Downtown Halifax is circulating a petition to encourage the city to enforce the Feb. 26 deadline for evictions of some of the encampments.
Despite hearing arguments to both scrap and amend a plan to extend the rental cap in Nova Scotia to the end of 2025, the Houston PC government is moving ahead with its plan.