ManitobaBulldozers crumpled up tents and other items that were then loaded up and trucked away from Mostyn Park on Thursday as city crews started tearing down another Winnipeg homeless encampment.City previously said outreach crews were working to find housing for 15 living in Mostyn Place encampmentCBC News · Posted: Nov 27, 2025 2:44 PM EST | Last Updated: 12 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.A bulldozer removes a tent and debris from Mostyn Park in West Broadway on Thursday as city crews began to dismantle another homeless encampment on the heels of new city bylaws restricting where they can be. (Travis Golby/CBC)Bulldozers crumpled up tents and other items that were then loaded up and trucked away from Mostyn Park on Thursday as city crews started tearing down another Winnipeg homeless encampment.The move comes a little over a week after new city rules came into effect prohibiting encampments within 50 metres of schools, daycares, playgrounds and skating rinks, nor within 30 metres of transit shelters, docks, bridges and some public facilities.The encampment was near the Osborne Street Bridge; there’s city infrastructure in the area adjacent to the Granite Curling Club; and a daycare resides across the street at the corner of Granite Way and Balmoral Street.The city has dismantled other encampments in recent days.The city previously said 15 people were living in the Mostyn encampment next to the Granite Curling Club.A tent and debris at the Mostyn Park homeless encampment in West Broadway. It and other structures were torn down by city crews Thursday. (Travis Golby/CBC)Recently, outreach teams have been working to find housing for those people. The city did not respond to a request for comment Thursday from CBC News asking whether those 15 people had been housed before crews demolished the encampment.Main Street Project has worked with the city to help house people in encampments through its own programs and Manitoba’s homelessness strategy.A spokesperson with Main Street Project was unable to provide a response to a CBC News request ahead of publication Thursday.Cynthia Flett was one of over a dozen living at the encampment in Winnipeg’s Mostyn Park since spring. When CBC News spoke with her last week, she said she had nowhere else to go if the city demolished the camp. (Mike Arsenault/CBC)
City crews begin clearing out West Broadway homeless encampment
