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.
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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.