The City of Ottawa has found a contractor to design and build a tent-like structure to shelter ... house a newcomer reception centre. Sprung Structures is a leading manufacturer of tensile fabric ...

The newcomer reception centres would have relied on tent-like facilities known as Sprung structures, after a leading company that manufactures them. The plan prompted opposition from some ...

Though Ottawa’s homeless shelters continue to operate beyond capacity, the City of Ottawa has backed away from a contentious plan to build temporary tent-like housing for refugees at two ...