Residents in Vancouver’s only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan to force them to temporarily move while it cleans up the site, an advocate said.
Fiona York said there’s a fear among the dozens of residents of Crab Park in the Downtown Eastside that what the city says is only a one-week displacement could turn into a complete eviction.
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