The city is being “held hostage by a small band of street criminals that are being let to continue their mayhem,” says one resident
This week’s shooting at a Nanaimo homeless camp next to the Millstone River — the second in three months — has renewed residents’ calls for the site to be permanently shut down.
Nanaimo resident Kevan Shaw contacted the Times Colonist this week to say residents of the city are being “held hostage by a small band of street criminals that are being let to continue their mayhem.” “There’s been explosions, fires, violent assaults, physical altercations that have spilled over onto the highway.”Kuwica said foot traffic to and from the camp has destabilized portions of the bank, and plants that helped buttress the soil are now gone, adding garbage that accumulates at the camp goes into the river, a salmon-bearing stream.
The province is also working to address the need for new affordable and supportive housing in Nanaimo, the ministry said.
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