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New Extreme Weather Response shelter opens in Courtenay

A new Extreme Weather Response shelter was activated for the first time on Thursday February 6th as extreme weather conditions persist in Courtenay.

Heather WatsonFebruary 7, 2025Comox Valley, City of Courtenay, Connect Warming Centre, Extreme Weather Response shelter, shelter, Housing, Homelessness, warming centre, transition society, coalition to end homelessness

Funding needed for warming centres in Nanaimo

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.