Alberta family grieves loved one who died at a Calgary shelter [Video]

Every morning on her drive to work in the heart of Calgary, Dominika Rozlowski scours the streets and underpasses, bottle depots and long lines outside shelters — trying to spot a familiar face in a crowd of people: the face of her sister.

“I just kept looking, everyday I thought of her,” Rozlowski said.

It’s been a decade since the Airdrie resident last saw her sister Joanna.

Rozlowski clenches a picture of the 50-year-old  mother-of-three in her hands. Joanna is beautiful, with a beaming smile and bright blonde hair.

The joy in that picture, however, was overshadowed by an insurmountable battle with mental illness and addiction that led Joanna to a years-long life on the streets.

“Hospitals, we tried to get a mental health order, we tried to take her home, I tried to keep her in at my place — we were just so exhausted that finally we just …