You walked by or through them on today’s The Big Story podcast. They are in every city and town in Canada. The result of the housing crisis colliding with the opioid crisis and becoming an epidemic. And despite all the reporting about them, the politicization of the camps and what they’ve done to neighborhoods, perhaps not much is understood about the people in the camps. Who they are, how they got there, what they need to get back on their feet, and where they can get it.

Brennan Doherty wrote this story for: Local. “I would say that the camp residents really felt like they were under siege from the world,” Doherty said.

Today’s episode is your chance to understand the phenomenon a little better, no matter what you think of your neighborhood camp.

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