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Timmins faces backlash over remote permanent encampment site
A controversial homeless encampment site endorsed by Timmins city council faces backlash. Support workers and unhoused people say the location isolates them from downtown services and is a dangerous 13-kilometre journey back and forth. The mayor cites the site's readiness as a benefit, as provincial approval is pending. Lydia Chubak explains.