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A year in tent city: Timeline of Camp Namegans

Since September 2017, VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 homeless camp has set up in more than 20 locations
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A small group of tents have been set up in North SaanichB次元官网网址檚 Dominion Brook Park over the weekend. The camp is traveling throughout the region to protest a lack of action on homelessness and addictions issues. (Peninsula B次元官网网址 Review file photo)

As tenters woke up in of Oct. 19 itB次元官网网址檚 been just over a year since they last lived in the community.

The group of homeless campers, self-dubbed Camp Namegans, has been moving around Greater Victoria since before September 2017. At the time, there were approximately a dozen tents and 13 people. The idea was to stay in each location for a week at a time.

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Eventually, they set up camp for longer periods of time, such as when they were stationed in Regina Park for months. There, their numbers grew to 100 people, as more joined their B次元官网网址楬omes not hateB次元官网网址 movement. Since being evicted from the park by Saanich police on Sept. 13, between 20 and 30 campers with Camp Namegans have been on the move every two weeks, sometimes more frequently.

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