EDMONTON — An Edmonton group home for troubled youth that had complaints of rowdy behaviour and crime is closing its doors for good.
The home, run by a charitable group known as E4C, made headlines in September when one of its residents, a 17-year-old girl, was charged with stabbing a man to death on a nearby street.
After that, police and area residents said they had long complained that residents from the home were often out late at night, smoking drugs, banging on doors and damaging property.
E4C chief executive officer Karen Spencer says the decision to close is because recent publicity had made the home too well known and that put the residents at risk.
The province temporarily shut down the home after the stabbing and a subsequent review found that some members weren't following protocols to keep the youth safe.
