Tenants upset with squalid conditions at central Edmonton apartment building

Global News · Joel Gotlib · 2026-11-05 23:53 UTC

The apartment building in the McCauley neighbourhood, where the water and heat hasn't worked in a week, shows signs of disrepair on the outside and evidence of drug use inside.

Some residents of a central Edmonton apartment building say they’re frustrated with deteriorating conditions, after going about a week without heat or running water following a fire in a vacant basement suite.

Tenants also say copper piping and wiring have been stripped and stolen from the Parkside Village Square building, which on Thursday showed signs of vandalism and dilapidation: spray-painted doors and windows and holes in the roof.

“It’s gotten really bad in the last year with the homeless coming in, the gangs coming in,” said Shawne Edel, 67, who lives in the building with her roommate, Darlene Lent, also 67.

Read the full story at Global News · All coverage of this story