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JANUARY 15, 2020 | Volume 33 No. 5
WEATHER
WEDNESDAY
SNOW REPORT
THE BATTLE FOR ST. ANDREWS
Sun Peaks Resort Mid-mountain: 175 cm Alpine: 198 cm Harper Mountain Total snow: 168 cm
STORY, PAGES A10-A11
Flurries High -17 C Low -25 C
Documents detail behind the scenes tussle between city and heritage society
Helping the homeless in the Arctic chill
No Out of Cold shelter this winter? KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
The Out of the Cold shelter for the homeless may not open this winter after a plan to have the shelter operate out of building downtown fell through. For the past several years, Out of the Cold had operated on Sunday and Wednesday nights out of St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, downtown at Nicola Street and Fourth Avenue. There, staff and volunteers would cook food, hand out toiletries, set up about 30 mattresses and welcome its visitors to come in and warm up. The program has had to find a new location this winter and has thus far been unsuccessful. In mid-December, organizers announced a location had been secured — the Canadian Mental Health Association building at 857 Seymour St. downtown. However, that plan has fallen apart since upgrades needed for the shelter to operate were deemed too daunting to complete. Out of the Cold executive director Lena Cimmarrusti confirmed on Tuesday morning the shelter will not open in the Seymour Street space. “As you can imagine, the board is very disappointed,” Cimmarrusti said in an email to KTW. “We were prepared to open as soon as we were able. The board will be meeting next week to discuss where we go from here. I wouldn’t count them out entirely (this is one passionate group of people), but without a space, we won’t be able to provide a shelter/warming centre this winter.” The challenge in securing a new location is the need for a kitchen, good bathroom access, a wide open space and a location where neighbours won’t object to a shelter nearby.
MICHAEL POTESTIO
STAFF REPORTER
michael@kamloopsthisweek.com
DAVE EAGLES/KTW Staying warm in minus 20- plus temperatures on Kamloops’ streets is a balance of knowing where one can escape the cold to warm up. This man removes his gloves before leaving his bicycle to head inside to the North Shore Tim Hortons on Tuesday afternoon.
Kamloops groups are taking action to help the homeless population as the mercury has plummeted and will remain in the subzero region all week. The Mustard Seed, downtown at 181 West Victoria St., has expanded its hours in order to help, despite scaling back its hours of operation last October, when it closed on Sundays and Mondays and opened from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Prior to the October change, The Mustard Seed had been open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. “We will be open
every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. until the weather gets better,” executive director Mario Borba told KTW. He said the outreach centre was open on Monday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 10 p.m., with staff from the ASK Wellness Centre being brought in to help. The Mustard Seed also operates a 30-bed cold weather shelter, which had 27 overnight guests on Sunday and 36 visitors on Monday (using extra mats). Borba said no one in need of shelter from the cold will be turned away. Nor will ASK Wellness be turning anyone away from two facilities it has opened. See MAYOR, A4
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