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[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just as troubling, he says, is that of the nearly 9,000 patients with no fixed address who visited Edmonton emergency rooms last year.

Jesus Christ. That's a lot of people for a city of only 1 million people, and one that's among the most affordable in Canada.

What's causing their homelessness?

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

one thatโ€™s among the most affordable in Canada.

Is it, though? As more services get pushed into private, I worry the affordability will suffer in ways the Rest of Canada isn't aware of.