Walls closing in on Calgary's unhoused population

City restricts overnight access to LRT stations to prevent unhoused people from sleeping there

Dozens of tents outside the downtown Drop-In Centre have been set up by people who can’t stay at the Drop-In Centre. (Jeremy Appel)

Starting Monday, the City of Calgary has closed three C-Train stations overnight to prevent unhoused people from sleeping in them, forcing them into shelters where they don’t want to be or can’t be for various reasons. 

Accor…