Prince Albert faces its own struggle with homeless encampments

Prince Albert homeowner Clark Torgundson says homeless encampments are making him and other Riverview residents feel unsafe.

“People in the neighborhood don’t want their kids walking on the trails now because of what lurks in the bushes. You know, you don’t know what kind of drugs they’re on what they’re going to do,” he said.

Torgundson’s backyard faces the Rotary Trail and wooded area near the city’s off-leash dog park. He’s lived in his house for 15 years and says over the last year and a half he’s had several negative confrontations with people living in the wooded area.

Garbage, vandalism, theft and hollering at all hours of the night are some of the complaints he reported to the city and his Ward 4 councillor, he said.

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