Despite a new bylaw that limits where tents can be erected in Guelph, a homeless encampment in the heart of downtown is seemingly growing.

"Definitely it's grown," said Barb Minett, co-owner and co-founder of The Bookshelf bookstore and cinema which is located less than 100 metres from the encampment in St. George's Square.

"Businesses are suffering. The people in the square are suffering. It's so complicated," Minett told CBC News Wednesday, more than a week after the bylaw was instituted.

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