Multiple people have been arrested as Halifax municipal staff and police cleared dozens of tents and shelters from encampments Wednesday morning. Halifax police and city staff clear the tent encampments in the Peace and Friendship Park on Wednesday morning. People living in tents around the city were being forced to leave by police and city staff. UPDATE@hfxgov has been sending police & bylaw officers to serve eviction notices to people living in crisis shelters & tents. Last month, similar notices appeared on crisis shelters around the city, saying that after July 13, city officials would remove the shelters and anything in them.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2021 11:53 UTC