April 15, 2026

Superior Court hearing began Thursday and continues Friday

Primarily positive feedback and declining encampment populations highlight the latest progress report about the micro-modular shelter for homeless Londoners.

ALT: a woman is sitting at a table eating a chicken nugget .

Court dates for the Region of Waterloo's site-specific bylaw for 100 Victoria St. N. in Kitchener where there is currently an encampment have been adjourned to a later date. The move comes after regio...

Regional councillors voted in favour of amending a bylaw that will now see the residents living at an encampment on 100 Victoria St. N., out by April 1 as the region prepares for the construction of a...

Councillors also narrowly rejected a proposal to investigate how other cities have managed tent encampments.

Councillors for the Region of Waterloo approved changes to a site-specific bylaw, regarding a controversial Kitchener encampment, at a special council meeting on Friday morning.

I am Lesley Crompton, speaking as a resident of the Region, a co-creator working on the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and as an advocate that supports individuals during encampment evictions. Too.....

A long list of delegates will be sharing their thoughts on Waterloo Region’s controversial homeless encampment at Wednesday night’s council meeting.

"The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for public input on the proposed by-law amendment to the Code of Use By-law 25-021. The proposed amendment will be considered on January 9,...

As presented on November 28, 2025 by Laura Pin, Mauleek Bhatt, and Sidney Macdonald to the Waterloo Wellington Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee

Forcing people to leave an encampment site when there are no permanent housing options available, and no emergency shelter spaces available, is a violation of peoples human rights, specifically...

Photo: Lobby at The Hyatt Montreal Downtown

Where our Federal and Provincial aids hold gaps, we must persist. Where our local government needs time to change, we must loudly be patient. Loudly, so they feel our support for change. Loudly so th...

More than a dozen people were displaced after crews tore down a Cambridge encampment on Tuesday morning.

A Better Tent City is asking the Region of Waterloo for additional funding so they can hire two new staff members, which they say is crucial for the future of Kitchener’s tiny home community.

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Motion re: Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events  (Submitted in September 2 Council meet and set to be discussed in this meeting)

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canadas national human rights institution. The Commission helps ensure that everyone in Canada is treated fairly, no matter who they are.

Local food banks are renewing a call for help as they face a prolonged period of unprecedented demand.

​I witnessed the destruction of some of these peoples homes and possessions myself. To at all deny these occurrences is not only misleading—it’s an erasure of people’s lived reality and the added trau...

The Region of Waterloo has been prevented from enforcing a site-specific bylaw before the Ontario Superior Court has a chance to make a decision after hearings in November, the latest in a string of s...