Edmonton officials defend policy to kick people out of LRT station during brutal cold
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Michael Sharpe's fingers are blackened, swollen and cracked. And he says they hurt after being forced out of an Edmonton LRT station and into -30 degree Celsius weather early Wednesday morning.
"The peace officers came through removing everyone systematically. We were put out in the cold at about 2 a.m.," Sharpe told CTV News Edmonton Thursday.
Sharpe and his girlfriend live on the streets of the Alberta capital and sometimes sleep in LRT stations.
After they were kicked out, he said they went to the Commonwealth Stadium emergency shelter seeking a place to sleep.
"They were full, so they weren't taking anyone else in. So we were turned back. So we tried to stay warm in the subway," he recalled.
While huddled in the Churchill LRT Station downtown, Sharpe said they were kicked out again by peace officers.
"They went through telling everyone time to go, get out, go find somewhere warm. You'd expect more humanity from the city," he said.
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