Edmonton police, workers begin dismantling encampment in city's centre

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Police, paramedics, cleanup crews and trucks arrived Friday morning at a central Edmonton encampment the city had warned it would dismantle.

The encampment, near 105th Avenue and 95th Street, is one of eight at the centre of a court battle over how police and the city handle the removal of camps built by people without homes.

The police have said the eight encampments in central Edmonton are high risk.

Jim Gurnett, a spokesperson for the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, said the temporary structure made from tarps, furniture, wood and other materials has been in place for several months. He estimated about 20 people were staying there on

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