Record summer attendance at Edmonton homeless shelter - Edmonton
A normal summer would mean about 300 to 400 people accessing the shelter each night, according to the manager of homeless programs at the Hope Mission.
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A normal summer would mean about 300 to 400 people accessing the shelter each night, according to the manager of homeless programs at the Hope Mission.
More than 40 signs stating "Tents and tarps will be removed" have been affixed to the side of Edmonton's Hope Mission and other properties along 106th Avenue, but for the most part, they're not enforceable.
A temporary homeless shelter with space to house up to 160 people per night has been approved in an industrial area on Edmonton’s south side.
Plans to create more overnight winter shelter spaces in Edmonton will come up short for filling the entire need — a need city councillors say needs a permanent solution.
The City of Edmonton’s approach to dealing with homeless encampments this year is pushing social disorder to new neighbourhoods and to new levels, business leaders and residents say.