“ the people in the encampment were co-operative,” stated an email from a regina police service (rps) spokesperson.
multiple homeless camps have popped up around regina in recent years, especially since the covid-19 pandemic. the largest and most visible was a downtown encampment in front of city hall that was in place for several weeks before local officials ordered its removal a little over a year ago.
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she contends there’s a need for change in the saskatchewan income support (sis) program (about which she previosuly submitted a letter to this newspaper). despite efforts to find a permanent site for a low-barrier shelter, johnson lamented that regina city council voted down a proposed location in june.
johnson suspects that when the city’s next “point-in-time” count is conducted, it will display a steep rise from the 488 individuals experiencing homelessness who were enumerated during the last count in 2021.
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