HALIFAX Liam Donnelly rushed to carry away his belongings Saturday morning as the tiny temporary shelter where had been living since April was being torn down by Halifax Mutual Aid, the group that built his and13 other shelters throughout Halifax. Thursday afternoon, Donnelly had moved into a hotel room paid for by the province after the Halifax Regional Municipality gave ultimatums to the people living in the shelters, and Halifax Mutual Aid to either remove or vacate the structures by July 13 or the city would take matters in its own hands. I signed the papers with Shelter Nova Scotia and I don’t know what went on after that, but by this morning there’s people here removing my stuff while they think I’m at a hotel, Donnelly said.
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On Friday afternoon, HRM released a conflicting statement that says there were no personal belongings located in the three shelters removed, and that all three tenants had “accepted temporary accommodations offered by the province.” “The deadline date of July 13 was not a commitment by the municipality to refrain from removal of the temporary shelters prior to this date,” says the HRM statement, which has no signature. “Rather, it was a notification that the shelters must be vacated by occupants and removed by those who installed them no later than July 13.” This is what HRM’s original statement, issued Tuesday, July 6, said about dates: “Today, a notice is being issued to advise occupants of temporary shelters located on municipal property that they must vacate and remove all personal belongings. The notice also advises those who installed the temporary shelters that they must remove the structures from municipal property. A