As Vancouver plans to sanction camping for first time, city grapples with ‘complex’ legal questions

By Troy Brynelson (OPB)
July 21, 2021 1 p.m.

Vancouver staff are still sorting out where they will place the city’s first sanctioned campsite. They are also wondering if they can decide who gets to use them, and if the camps’ existence allows the city to ban camping in other places.