Homeless Encampments
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Support centre for homeless will be permanent in Edmonton, expanded to Calgary: provinceThe province is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility in Calgary.CrimeMar 26
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Halifax’s de-designated encampment sites are now mostly vacatedMost people who were living in the five de-designated encampment sites in Halifax have now left to live elsewhere, according to the municipality.CanadaMar 5
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380+ vulnerable people have accessed Edmonton’s ‘navigation and support centre’Since it opened on Jan. 17, more than 380 vulnerable people have accessed services at the navigation and support centre in downtown Edmonton, the province said.CrimeFeb 23
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Edmonton city council’s homeless emergency declaration slammed by Alberta governmentA motion was passed 9-4 by city council Tuesday for an emergency to be declared, intending to signal the seriousness and scale of homelessness in Edmonton.PoliticsJan 16
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Edmonton mayor introduces motion to declare homelessness emergencyEdmonton city councillors are debating a motion to discuss declaring a housing and homelessness emergency in the city.CanadaJan 15
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Edmonton homeless encampment residents share stress of facing eviction as temperatures plummetAn Edmonton homeless encampment is set to be evicted. Those who live there are stressing it's safe, and they say being displaced as temperatures dip is a bigger danger.CanadaJan 8
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3rd high-risk Edmonton homeless encampment dismantled in Dawson RavineThousands of pounds of items and waste were hauled away from the high-risk encampment in the ravine at Dawson Park, below the east end of Jasper Avenue in Edmonton.CrimeJan 2
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Gangs infiltrating Edmonton homeless encampments: police, advocatesThe police chief, as well as social agency officials, say those involved in organized crime are taking advantage of some of Edmonton's most vulnerable people.CanadaJan 2
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Removal of high-risk homeless encampments in Edmonton expected to begin FridayAn effort to remove several homeless encampments in Edmonton is slated to start on Friday. The city and police say the process will fully comply with the interim injunction.CanadaDec 28, 2023
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Edmonton fire chief calls homeless encampments ‘extremely unsafe’'They're unsafe, there's no question about it,' Edmonton fire chief Joe Zatylny said. 'The resources need to be put in place... We need to take down the encampments.'CrimeDec 19, 2023
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