What it's like to spend the winter at a homeless encampment in Halifax

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Kevin McGuire, 44, had a two-bedroom apartment until last summer. He’s on social assistance, and between his shelter allowance and a rent supplement, he was able to cover the rent of about $1,100 a month.

“I had my own place in Spryfield, and then my landlord decided they wanted to renovict me, because they didn’t like me, so they found a way to get rid of me.”

He couldn’t find anything else he could afford, so for the first time in his life, he found himself homeless.

McGuire was in and out of Grand Parade. He spent about a month at

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