Category: London homeless

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Explosion, fire rock homeless encampment at park south of downtown

Residents of a core-area homeless encampment were rocked Monday afternoon by a “loud bang” and fire that left a mound of charred rubble, including two propane tanks. Firefighters and London police were called to the Watson Street park, east of Wellington Street near the Thames River, at

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120 winter shelter beds extended to July as $687K in funding endorsed

City councillors had high praise for the social agency running the city’s emergency winter shelter beds as they endorsed nearly $687,000 in funding to extend the program until the end of July. Councillors voted unanimously to endorse the extra two months of funding for Ark Aid Street