Saskatoon Judge Rejects Bid to Halt Homeless Encampment Clearing
The City of Saskatoon can proceed with dismantling a homeless encampment in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood after a Court of King’s Bench judge dismissed an emergency injunction to keep it in place. In his Sept. 29 decision, Justice Richard W. Danyliuk rejected an application from advocates Crystal Fafard and Sheela McLean to prevent the city […]
TL;DR
- A judge dismissed an emergency injunction to keep a homeless encampment in place in Saskatoon.
- Justice Richard W. Danyliuk rejected the application from advocates Crystal Fafard and Sheela McLean.
- The judge found the applicants lacked standing and their evidence did not justify halting the city's actions.
- The City of Saskatoon can now proceed with dismantling the encampment.