"We are failing [the homeless]," said Allison Pardy, the outgoing executive director for the Choices Association of Fort McMurray. On Tuesday night, municipal council in Fort McMurray allocated $3,986,013 to eight projects to fight homelessness in the upcoming fiscal year that begins in April. “We are failing (the homeless),” Allison Pardy, the outgoing executive director for the Choices Association of Fort McMurray, told CBC. Theresa St. Pierre, a centralized intake worker, in Fort McMurray says because of funding cuts she will have to turn away homeless persons seeking help. Connect with David Thurton, CBC's Fort McMurray correspondent, on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or email him at david.thurton@cbc.ca.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2019 12:56 UTC