Permit denied for Wolf Den overdose prevention site in Edmonton
Boyle Street Community Services has been denied a permit to build an overdose prevention site in south Edmonton.
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Boyle Street Community Services has been denied a permit to build an overdose prevention site in south Edmonton.
The province is preparing to open a navigation support centre for the homeless in Calgary modelled after one launched in Edmonton earlier this year, but advocates for the homeless say the money could be better spent elsewhere.
Residents in the Ritchie and Old Strathcona neighbourhoods are again trying to prevent Boyle Street Community Services from opening an overdose prevention site on 81st Avenue and 101st Street.
With a $21-million grant from the federal government, Boyle Street Community Services has been able to gather $45 million in funding for a new centre in downtown Edmonton.
Boyle Street Community Services is now a lot closer to reaching its $49.5-million fundraising goal for its new headquarters in central Edmonton.