Media releases | November 18, 2022

More than 800 Edmontonians experienced homelessness in November, according to Bradley Lafortune, executive director of Public Interest Alberta.

“It’s a pretty astounding number and very heartbreaking,” said Lafortune, of the count done by Homeward Trust.

On Nov. 3, one person died in a tent fire and in the first two weeks of November, Edmonton Fire Rescue responded to seven encampment fires. Read more →