Odds of winter shelter opening in Kelowna, B.C. this year not good
Kyiv residents warned to prepare for winter with no heat, water or power
BC Housing told Global News last week it’s working closely with the City of Kelowna to find a suitable location for an emergency shelter but according to the city’s deputy mayor it’s not looking promising. “Right now the forecast is not looking good,” said Kelowna deputy mayor Loyal Wooldridge. “This should not be surprising when every single year we are scrambling with emergency shelters and mat programs and now staffing continues to be one of our major challenges.Story continues below advertisement
“We will be looking to our partners to look at hotel sites,” he said. “We know that that did work well during Covid.”“We have a dire need for sleeping bags right now,” she said. “So if people want to want to drop off sleeping bags and blankets, we will get them to where they need to go.”
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