{"id":47138,"date":"2026-04-11T00:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47138"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:18:00","slug":"elizabeth-fry-societys-shelter-closes-after-lease-extension-denied-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47138","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Fry Society\u2019s shelter closes after lease extension denied &#8211; Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A women\u2019s shelter in northeast Edmonton has been forced to close its doors. The site was meant to be a temporary home for the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elizabeth-fry-society\">Elizabeth Fry Society<\/a>, and since they haven\u2019t found a new one, they\u2019ve been evicted.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The trailers at the former site for the society\u2019s shelter are being loaded up and pulled away from the plot of land along Fort Road near the Belvedere LRT Station.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It comes after the City of Edmonton ended the society\u2019s lease for its women\u2019s shelter after more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>In a memo to city council, city administration said the shelter\u2019s lease was set to end on Nov. 30, 2025, but they extended it until March 31st to ensure there was shelter space throughout the winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Elizabeth Fry Society requested another extension until July 31st, but with the society not yet securing a permanent shelter location, the city did not approve the extension.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The closure means the loss of around 100 shelter spaces in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Global News reached out to the Elizabeth Fry Society for comment, but did not receive a reply.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click the video above for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11774157\/elizabeth-fry-societys-edmonton-shelter-closes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A women\u2019s shelter in northeast Edmonton has been forced to close its doors. 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