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[Victoria Watcher]

We were promised by the city and reassured that tiny town would come to a complete end this September and will not be renewed. Of course we were lied to and it is sticking around for “just another month.” But I think it will just end up staying.

 

What a completely inept bunch of fools.  The day this thing went in is the day planning should have begun for removal, on any schedule.  

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 September 2023 - 11:09 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Nanaimo fire crews were called to the German Cultural Centre Friday morning to extinguish a storage shed fire, just steps from a homeless camp.

Stuart Kenning, assistant fire chief in Nanaimo, says the call was received at 6:20 a.m. and crews arrived to find a fully engulfed shed fire.

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Nanaimo resident and security guard John Vosburgh toured the damage and camp Friday, and told CHEK News that he was alarmed by what he found, including drug paraphernalia, cooking supplies and an animal leg trap.

https://www.cheknews...anaimo-1170127/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 September 2023 - 04:22 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

A Victoria cafe owner is about to close her doors and relocate after having to deal with crime, drugs and unwanted patrons bothering her loyal customers.

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Just a few weeks ago, the single mother was robbed right in front of her store, which ultimately made her decide to leave the location.

“It’s just that I am in between four of the shelters and this is smack in the middle of all of them, and it’s just the traffic of people that are extremely high usually…” Machholz told CHEK News.

“It’s kind of a scary scene outside.”

https://www.cheknews...guests-1170376/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 September 2023 - 08:23 PM.

[Nparker]

The "most vulnerable" destroying one neighbourhood after another.

[Victoria Watcher]

A shortage of affordable housing, the opioid crisis and the lingering effects of the pandemic have contributed to a rise in visible homelessness. Ten Montrealers share their stories.

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...atures/unhoused

 

The common thread there?  Not one of them has or intends to get a job.

[Victoria Watcher]

UPCOMING:

 

 

I'll introduce my comprehensive plan to actually end most homelessness, and it'll debut it right here on VV.

 

I've set myself an October 15th deadline. 

[Beacon]

A Victoria cafe owner is about to close her doors and relocate after having to deal with crime, drugs and unwanted patrons bothering her loyal customers.

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Just a few weeks ago, the single mother was robbed right in front of her store, which ultimately made her decide to leave the location.

“It’s just that I am in between four of the shelters and this is smack in the middle of all of them, and it’s just the traffic of people that are extremely high usually…” Machholz told CHEK News.

“It’s kind of a scary scene outside.”

https://www.cheknews...guests-1170376/

 

I wonder if Denny's moving to the Sandman was partially because of this too?? (which is of course different than the stated reason)  -this neighbourhood and the surrounding businesses are on slow death watch right now, I shudder to think of what the area will look like in ten years if something doesn't change in the approach, and this is the gateway (top strip of Douglas) to our city.  Is this the first thing they want tourists to see coming in?

[Mike K.]

They have to move, as Pattison is moving Subaru from Colwood to the Denny’s lot.

[Victoria Watcher]

As the colder weather rolls in, three councillors are hoping to revamp the city’s emergency shelter program for the region’s most vulnerable.

 

“If we turned the extreme weather response shelters into seasonal winter shelters, that would solve the problem. Just keep the doors open,” said Krista Loughton, Victoria councillor.

 

Instead of being tied to snow accumulation and specific temperatures, in a motion to council Thursday, Loughton is pitching to have shelter spaces opened permanently through the winter.

 

“I was at one of the extreme weather response shelters last year speaking with a man. He was sleeping behind the Thrifty’s in James Bay and he woke up and couldn’t move. He was frozen. I think that’s when the idea started percolating in me, ‘Why don’t we keep these shelters open every night?’ It was cold last night and it was 14 degrees,” said Loughton.

 

“This could potentially help with the disorder we’re seeing and also the suffering when people don’t have a shelter over the winter.”

 

Based on Sunday’s recent windstorm, Angela Dick, who has been homeless for just two months living in Vic West Park, isn’t looking forward to her first winter living in a tent.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cheknews...housed-1170598/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 September 2023 - 06:06 PM.

[Nparker]

Just enforce existing bylaws and stop encouraging more deadbeats to flock to the CoV.

[Matt R.]

“Just keep the doors open”.

Is this the same city council that locks their doors during the day now? Or has that changed.

[Victoria Watcher]

The motion has to pass before staff look at locations, but Loughton is confident there are locations with solid potential. The winter shelters would not have set spaces for residents, instead, they would need to come back each day to secure a spot and wouldn’t be able to leave belongings during the day.

 

If the motion is passed Thursday the change in program would result in an increase in the cost, something that Loughton says will be negotiated by staff and BC Housing at a later date.

 

 

 

 

 

Ya, just more money, as usual.

[Nparker]

Why do each new set of wokies think they have the solution to homelessness that no one has ever imagined before and why does it always end up costing me more money? 

[Victoria Watcher]

Why do each new set of wokies think they have the solution to homelessness that no one has ever imagined before and why does it always end up costing me more money? 

 

Does anyone even know what the homelessness costs for CoV is now?

 

Saanich and Oak Bay pay nothing, we must be into the tens of millions each year now, if we include all the police and fire and bylaw resources.

[LJ]

Governor Newsome of California is going to enact a new provision to try and fix the problems he has created, called Care Court.

 

You go to court, get assessed, are given a treatment regimen and hopefully get better. If you don't follow the treatment regimen, you get forced into it.

 

Of course the ACLU and others are all against it, I think it might have a chance.

 

When the reporter asked him if this was just for political purposes, he responded "I'm termed out" meaning he can't run for governor again. Didn't bother to mention that he is going to try for a shot at the presidency.

[Victoria Watcher]

Major crimes unit says Pandora Avenue death in Victoria was a homicide

Man was found in medical distress early in the morning before he died in hospital

https://www.vicnews....omicide-4545458

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 September 2023 - 10:28 AM.

[Nparker]

Considering what Pandora Avenue has been allowed to become, this victim should probably be considered a casualty of war.

[Victoria Watcher]

Fox News:

 

 

 

 

Target said Tuesday a handful of stores will see their doors shuttered, citing theft and organized retail crime that put safety and business performance at risk.

The four states where the impacted stores are located include New York, Washington, California and Oregon, according to a press release. The retailer has set an Oct. 21 closure date for nine stores.

[Victoria Watcher]

Seabound bandits terrorize San Francisco Bay; some residents blame surge of nearby homeless camps

Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi said Alameda PD teamed up with Oakland PD and the Coast Guard to crack down on boat-riding thieves in the area of the Oakland Harbor

https://www.foxnews....-homeless-camps

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 September 2023 - 02:59 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Cold-weather shelter proposed for unhoused population in Sidney

Town’s mayor says when the temperature drops, town staff and police check on unhoused people and ensure they can get to a warming centre in Victoria if wanted

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Mayor Cliff McNeil-Smith said the number of people experiencing homelessness in Sidney fluctuates because of the town’s proximity to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal.



https://www.timescol...-sidney-7604655




I guess these homeless are making frequent business trips to the mainland.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 September 2023 - 04:43 AM.