The number of people experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo has tripled since 2016 according to the recently published 2023 Nanaimo Point-in-Time Count report.
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A Comox Valley group is requesting funds from Comox town council to support those facing homelessness in the area.
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With temperatures forecast to drop to -10C overnight and a special weather statement for significant snowfall, two of the three warming centres funded by the City of Nanaimo will be extending their hours to help keep people out of the cold.
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Two new warming centres are scheduled to open in Nanaimo this winter but the president of the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association says he’s concerned that a second downtown location will attract drug dealers and worsen social disorder in the area.
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The City of Nanaimo has voted to allocate up to $230,000 to Risebridge to operate a daytime warming centre this winter that will run seven days a week between November 14 and March 31, 2024.
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A presentation by the Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization (SPO) to city council’s governance and priorities committee meeting on Monday, stressed a dire need for multiple daytime warming centres in the city this winter, but noted there is no funding to operate them.
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The City of Nanaimo’s finance and audit committee is recommending that city council allocate $60,000 to continue a breakfast meal program until the end of the year.
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