Montreal tent city
|

Montreal tent city being dismantled by fire and police departments

It is not an easy situation for everyone involved, but after a fire broke out at the homeless ‘tent city’ located on Notre-Dame Street (near the Old Port) on Saturday December 5th, Montreal’s fire department ordered the immediate evacuation of the site. On Monday, the police were called in to assist the fire department in…

Montreal addresses homeless situation – opens more shelters however is it enough?
|

Montreal addresses homeless situation – opens more shelters however is it enough?

While Montreal addresses homeless situation, the number of homeless people in the city of Montreal is reaching unprecedented numbers, largely due to pandemic. On January 25th 2020, the first person in Canada tested positive with the Covid-19 virus, by the end of February, Quebec confirmed its first case – a woman who lived in the…