City to file injunction against tent city residents after eviction orders ignored
NANAIMO — There was no police action at downtown Nanaimo’s tent city after a 72 hour eviction notice came and went, but officers will soon ticket the homeless living at Discontent City.
Mayor Bill McKay said the City and Nanaimo RCMP had no intention of ticketing or evicting the homeless currently living at 1 Port Dr. across from the Port Place Shopping Centre Tuesday morning. Eviction notices were handed out on Friday, May 25, roughly a week after the camp was established, and were promptly ignored.
“We’re not looking for a confrontation,” McKay told NanaimoNewsNOW. “We would much rather try to come up with solutions.”
He said if the officers and tickets are also ignored, the City will go to the Supreme Court of B.C. to start the injunction process against the camp.