The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) was dispatched to an encampment near Higgins Avenue and Annabella Street in South Point Douglas around 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called Tuesday morning to a fire near Higgins Avenue and Annabella Street. A large homeless encampment, set up on the property belonging to the Manitoba Metis Federation in downtown Winnipeg, was torn down last June. Some of the people living there moved near Higgins and Annabella, and the site has grown in the months since. "It is just really, really tragic," said Al Wiebe, homeless advocate.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2021 10:52 UTC