"Later the city brought in heavy equipment to clear the park. In an email on Monday, the city said it had given the encampment residents notice that the park would be cleared. 'Individuals were informed in late October that this resolution work would be going forward, given ongoing behaviours that were impacting individuals both in the encampments and in the surrounding community,' Elise von Scheel, spokesperson for the city, said in the email."
""It's emotionally really tough. People are under duress," Cook said on Monday night. Cook said people had no option but to pack up their few belongings and head either to a shelter or a new location. About 10 people accepted referrals to homeless shelters, while five people declined. "Tonight, it's going to be freezing, literally. And so people had the shelters they had built for themselves taken down.""
City crews cleared an encampment in George Hislop Park near Yonge and Bloor, displacing about 15 unhoused people. Sanctuary Ministries outreach lead Greg Cook reported people had to pack up their few belongings and either accept shelter referrals or relocate; about ten accepted and five declined. City staff offered shelter space before fencing off the area, with Toronto police present and heavy equipment used to clear the park. The city said residents were given notice in late October citing ongoing behaviours affecting campers and the surrounding community. Outreach staff emphasized lack of housing offers and heightened hardship during winter displacement.
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