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THUNDER BAY — A daytime warming centre that offers the homeless and others a chance to get out of the cold during Thunder Bay’s harsh winters is set to open its doors for a third year in Thunder Bay’s south end.
In the meantime, McKinnon said PACE staff “have stepped up to the plate” to ensure the warming centre opens its doors on cold days. “It helps people get on their feet, because we hire people who are in recovery," she said. "A lot of times it’s their first job, and once they do a great job for us, they get scooped up by the other agencies, so it’s a step in the door towards employment for a lot of people.”
The city initially funded the centre’s operations as an emergency COVID-19 response, but is no longer offering that funding.“COVID brought light to a lot of the gaps in the services,” she said. “People were dying out in the cold pre-COVID as well, and businesses were angry and kicking them out. It’s a lot easier on the business owners as well to have our services open.”
“It would be really nice if it became annualized funding we didn’t have to jump through hoops to get,” she said. “When the need arose, PACE jumped up to the plate and we opened on a couple of weeks’ notice. I think the funding should just be there. The people who live in Thunder Bay need this, and we need to be able to provide it to them without causing ourselves more stress.”
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