A proposal to build affordable housing units next to an elementary school in the south Edmonton community of Keheewin was passed by city council on Wednesday afternoon.

Social agencies weighed in on Edmonton's affordable housing plan Monday, telling executive committee more could be done with less red tape.

The $49.5 million in provincial funding will be used for the Londonderry affordable housing renewal project in the Kilkenny neighbourhood.

Three weeks ago, the Turi family was rushed to hospital suffering symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. On Monday, they buried their baby who died in the womb, 15 days before its due date.

An Edmonton family is recovering at home after six of the seven — soon to be eight — members were poisoned by carbon monoxide early Friday morning.

A family of six was taken to hospital as a precaution Friday morning after an "excess of carbon monoxide" was found inside their south Edmonton townhouse.

The mayors and reeves of the Capital Regional Board have voted, 22-2 to adopt a growth plan for the entire greater metro Edmonton region that calls for higher housing density targets.

Capital Region Housing has seen a massive spike in applications for social and affordable housing in the last year-and-a-half.

Sixty-nine year-old Pat Reddy says her $161-a-month rent subsidy is on the line, unless she signs a letter stating she won't sell her knitting again.