Tents torn down at encampment in central Edmonton as court battle continues
Tents at a central Edmonton encampment were torn down Wednesday, hours after a legal battle over the city’s practice of clearing the camps returned to court.
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![An officer stands at the centre of a central Edmonton encampment, the last of eight sites the city had classified as high risk and marked for removal. A police officer stands in the snow. There is a cluster of tents and tarps in the background](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7079921.1704921183!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/encampment-edmonton.jpg)
Tents at a central Edmonton encampment were torn down Wednesday, hours after a legal battle over the city’s practice of clearing the camps returned to court.