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Slumtown
A battle is brewing in Edmonton's inner city. Neighbours are terrified. Fights, overdoses and crime spill out from problem houses, many owned by a small group of people connected by one notorious landlord. CBC’s Elizabeth Hames investigates.
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4.2 stars from 275 ratings
everytown everywhere as well-unwell
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“So human in the ways these individuals tell our collective story. You never once got in the way of anybody. Dignity on Display!
Your spoon full of raw unrefined sugar helps the bitter medicine of truth go down. Appreciate each and ever person in the podcast.”
NordicSol via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/16/24
Good (NIMBY) storytelling
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“Top quality journalism and production as I would expect from any CBC podcast. I’m sure the story is more nuanced and that this person is a slum lord but there isn’t really any effort to address the fact that poor people need a place to live… even if it’s an ugly house in a middle class...”Read full review »
Marimartrece via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/22
More to the story
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“Great report about Edmonton’s most notorious slum landlord. But, I feel that there is so, so much more to this story. He was the owner of Dwayne’s Home, which was funded in part by the city to “solve” homelessness, in turn he sold drugs after NA meetings, charged individuals on AISH their entire...”Read full review »
AK-47-87 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
08/19/22
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