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Councillors vote against proposed daytime shelter for downtown Edmonton
Edmonton is searching for options to provide daytime services to homeless people after councillors rejected a proposal for a new temporary shelter downtown.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2021 5:28 PM MT | Last Updated: April 27
Several encampments cropped up last spring after the temporary pandemic shelter at the Expo Centre closed. (Samuel Martin/CBC)
Edmonton is searching for options to provide daytime services to homeless people after councillors rejected a proposal for a new temporary shelter downtown.
City administration recommended contracting the Bissell Centre to operate a city-owned building at 105th Avenue and 105th Street as a drop-in centre from May 1 to Oct. 31.