February 27, 2022
CTV News
Nova Scotia
Brett Bundale
Halifax removes structure at homeless encampment
Municipal workers in Halifax have removed a structure from a local park being used by unhoused people, renewing concerns about homeless encampments and the lack of adequate shelter in the city.
Laura Patterson, a park volunteer and social justice advocate, said the structure was being built at the park to safely store food for unhoused people who have nowhere else to go.
"Once the weather started doing the freeze and thaw, the food would end up covered in mud and much of it was ruined," she said in an interview on Sunday.
The shed-like structure was slated to serve as a space for storing food and preparing simple meals, Patterson said.