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Hamilton police decide to criminalize unhoused people living outside in -18 degree weather for trying to have any power at all. (www.cbc.ca)
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I realize the encampments are problematic for lots of reasons and the solutions aren't easy but leave these poor people alone.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 1 points 3 weeks ago

Also I encountered a man who lost most of his fingers to frostbite in an encampment. His first finger joints mostly fell off and the rest looked like exploded dynamite sticks, black and frizzled. I don't begrudge someone who went through that.