PRESS RELEASE: A week of tent removals and “Park sweeps” after call for winter moratorium

<p>Volunteers and legal observers continue to document tents seized and discarded by Park Board rangers and city workers in Downtown Eastside parks, despite a call for a winter moratorium and an outright denial of the practice.</p> <p>Less than 24 hours after issuing a&nbsp;<a href="https://bc.ctvnews.ca/advocates-demand-b-c-moratorium-on-evicting-homeless-campers-until-may-1.6667558" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">statement</a>&nbsp;saying they don&rsquo;t remove belongings of people sheltering in parks, the Park Board removed another tent from Oppenheimer Park.</p> <p>The statement, issued to CTV on November 29th, reads in part,&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Allegations of&hellip; belongings being taken away made by community advocates are inaccurate.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@crabtown101/press-release-a-week-of-tent-removals-and-park-sweeps-after-call-for-winter-moratorium-fe4ecbc841b8"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>