Chinatown Edmonton

• Demolition of former Edmonton Remand Centre to start this year

  Demolition of the building, which was built in 1979 and decommissioned in 2019, will start in June of this year and is expected to take 18 months.

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  Feb 15, 2023
  
• ‘Change Chinatown’: What investments are coming in 2023 to the historic Edmonton neighbourhood

  Funding approved for a handful of initiatives may have a chance at revitalizing the neighbourhood, said Hon Leong of the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative.

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  Jan 4, 2023
  
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• Task force launched to address Edmonton’s social issues, addictions, homelessness

  The Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response Task Force will aim to address the complex and often intertwined issues of addictions, homelessness and crime the city.

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  Dec 13, 2022
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• Appropriate or excessive force? Questions raised after Edmonton police shove woman to ground during arrest

  Video showing an Edmonton police officer pushing a woman to the ground is raising questions on use of force.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2022
• Boyle Street Community Services’ plans for new Edmonton location facing opposition

  In December 2021, Boyle Street Community Services announced its plans to move.

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  Jul 4, 2022
• Edmonton homicide investigators looking to speak with people at scene of Chinatown attacks

  Edmonton homicide investigators hope to speak with specific people who were either seen in the area or interacted with police on May 18, when two men were killed in Chinatown.

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  Jun 23, 2022
• Alberta Justice refutes Edmonton mayor’s claim about Chinatown suspect’s release

  Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said the suspect was released from the Edmonton Remand without a proper housing plan or access to treatment services — something Tyler Shandro refutes.

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  Jun 13, 2022
• Edmonton city council settles on $407M annual base funding for police

  Edmonton city council provided direction for city officials, police and police commission to develop a revised funding formula for the next four-year budget cycle.

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  Jun 7, 2022
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• Edmonton police lay murder charges in 2 Chinatown deaths

  Murder charges have been laid after a 61-year-old man died at an electronics store and a 64-year-old was fatally attacked at an auto body shop in Chinatown area.

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  May 20, 2022
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• Deaths, violent crimes over 24 hours sees Edmonton police redirect more officers downtown

  In less than 24 hours, there were two suspicious deaths in Chinatown, a shooting outside a pub and a stabbing at an LRT station along Jasper Avenue in Edmonton.

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  May 19, 2022