UPDATE: The City of Nanaimo advised it will open a warming space at the Beban Park social centre again tonight, from 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22, to 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23.
PREVIOUSLY POSTED: The City of Nanaimo is opening a warming space inside a community centre because of limited capacity in existing shelters during extreme cold weather.
According to a city press release, Island Health’s chief medical health officer has advised that the cold temperatures Wednesday, Dec. 21, combined with space limitations at shelters, “constitutes a hazard to human health and has called up the city to assist.”
A warming space will be set up at the Beban Park social centre from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22.
The city noted that Risebridge, 7-10 Club Society, Unitarian Shelter, the Salvation Army, Samaritan Place and St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church offer various shelter services or warming centre services. For more information, visit www.nanaimo.ca/goto/supports.
“The city would like to thank the organizations, their staff, boards and volunteers of existing shelters and warming centres for their efforts to help those in need,” noted the city press release.
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