Alberta Women’s Shelters Still Forced To Turn People Away Despite Reduced Calls In Pandemic
According to Global News, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters says even though calls for help have been down in the pandemic — due largely to a lack of shelter space — they still had to turn away nearly 19,000 women, children and seniors.
Shelter space has long been in high demand. The most recent statistics, released Dec. 13, show Alberta women’s shelters housed 6,233 people between April 2020 and March 2021.
