Developer sets up heated (ice fishing) tents in Gatineau parking lot to shelter homeless [View all]
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Developer sets up heated tents in Gatineau parking lot to shelter homeless
Tents will shelter people staying in an encampment where 2 people have died this fall
Arthur White-Crummey - CBC News
Posted: December 18, 2023
Last Updated: December 19, 2023
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7062925
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The tent city near Gatineau's Gîte ami homeless shelter is a constant source of fear for François Lescalier.
He's deputy director at the shelter, and says staff frequently see fires break out at the site where campers heat themselves with gasoline — or even alcohol-based gels like Purell.
Lescalier called it a "slum," where drugs are easy to come by. Two people have died there this fall. He's afraid there will be more once the temperature drops.
Region's 3rd death in homeless encampment marks worrying trend, say advocates.
So he welcomes an initiative to move those staying in the makeshift encampment into tidy rows of 28 heated, fire-resistant tents on a parking lot near the site, right in front of the Robert-Guertin Centre arena.
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* Halifax used the ice fishing tents first. Brilliant. Not a long term solution.
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