‘We’re thrilled:’ illegal Cedar homeless camp cleared out
NANAIMO — A contentious homeless camp along the Nanaimo River in Cedar has been cleared, leaving local residents relieved and several camp residents in a lurch.
A trespass notice issued this week by the province resulted in a full-scale eviction Thursday as the government, RCMP and contractors coordinated the removal of several RVs and cleaned up various scattered items and mounds of garbage.
One large RV remained on the provincially-owned land as of late Thursday afternoon, located along a strip of land along the river between Cedar Rd. and the Duke Point Hwy.
“The biggest concern for the community here was the rising of the water coming very, very shortly and the amount of environmental impact that would have on our waterways,” Cedar resident Joanne Rintala told NanaimoNewsNOW while watching the clean-up.