Soiled underwear. Garbage. A table-top hockey game.

These are some of the items that residents living near Cuthbert Holmes Park have spotted inside the park, which they fear might once again become a refuge for campers, including some currently staying in Regina Park.

The items themselves have appeared around a make-shift shelter inside Cuthbert Holmes Park not far from a local shopping centre. The make-shift shelter appeared about a week ago, and Saanich Police have posted a note on its grafitti-covered outside in asking its occupant(s) to depart.

B次元官网网址淧lease dismantle your camp ASAP or it will be removed by Saanich Park/Police as mentioned above,B次元官网网址� said Const. Richard Burdet in the note.

The note cites SaanichB次元官网网址檚 park management and control bylaw. following concerns from area residents.

Dorothy Chambers, a local community activist, reiterated her support of the bylaw in praising the response of the municipality so far, but also urging it to step up.

Specifically, she expressed fears that the appearance of the make-shift shelter marks a return to the days before the amendments.

B次元官网网址淥n one hand, they [Saanich] have done a good job cleaning up [the area],B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淏ut on the other hand, there needs to be daily enforcement [of the bylaw].B次元官网网址�

This said, arrangements to deal with the make-shift shelter are underway, she said.

Larger concerns loom though. As Saanich council prepares for a special council Thursday meeting to discuss the fate of the camp that remains near Uptown , area residents fear that some of the campers from the Uptown location might find their way into Cuthbert Holmes Park, where some of them have stayed before.

B次元官网网址淭hat has been a concern that we as an association have discussed,B次元官网网址� said Vera Wynn-Williams, vice-president of the Gorge-Tillicum Community Association. B次元官网网址淚 would hope Saanich has a strategy,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淭hat [people moving from Regina Park to Cuthbert Holmes Park] would not be an unforeseen consequence,B次元官网网址� she said.

Several dozen people including people who camped at Cuthbert Holmes have been living in as part of a and its