Topaz Park suggested as location for homeless tent city

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Topaz Park has been identified as a potential site for a pilot outdoor shelter.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps never thought she would ever be planning to set up a tent city in a city park. But in an effort to both rein in unregulated camping in city parks and help homeless people find more permanent shelter, that’s exactly what’s in the works.

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Source: Times Colonist

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