Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Cassidy McMackon
Publication Date: October 16, 2025 - 19:53
City clears homeless encampment in Toronto’s Kensington Market, citing fire hazard
October 16, 2025
Dozens of people gathered outside a church in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighbourhood on Thursday as city staff began clearing another homeless encampment, deemed to be a fire hazard.
City vehicles were seen removing tents and other belongings from the encampment outside St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church after about 12 residents left the site.
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