An encampment resident who lives along the banks of the Assiniboine River believes her shelter was deliberately set on fire Sunday night.

The woman, who is not being named to protect her privacy, said she lost everything — including a tent and sleeping bag she had just received from a nearby outreach group.

“I have nothing left,” she said on Monday, noting she now shares a tent with a friend at Mostyn Place Park behind the Granite Curling Club. “I wasn’t there at the time. It was deliberate. It wouldn’t be the first time it happened to me.”

Her friend, who also asked not to be named, said fires like this aren’t unusual. He said it’s happened to him twice in one year, for the same reason.

“Jealousy,” he said.

Farther west along the walking path that winds through the riverbank, a scorc

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