Vancouver opens warming centres due to dropping temperatures
The City of Vancouver says an extreme weather alert has been issued for Tuesday night through Thursday.
The alert was extended because temperatures are set to feel like or below 0°C through these nights.
The city says additional shelter spaces and warming centres will be available to those in need.
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“If you are sleeping outside, please come inside,” the city said in a social media post Tuesday.
Extra shelters will be available at:
- Directions Youth Services Centre: 1138 Burrard Street. Phone: 604-633-1472 ext. 1
- Aboriginal Front Door: 390 Main Street. Phone: 604-428-1908
- The Salvation Army Belkin House: 555 Homer Street. Phone: 604-681-3405
- Covenant House: 1280 Seymour Street. Phone: 604-685-7474
- The Nest: 320 Alexander Street. Phone: 236-235-1434
- Marpole Neighbourhood House EWR Shelter: 8585 Hudson Street. Phone: 604-317-4307
- Kiwassa Neighbourhood House EWR Shelter: 2425 Oxford Street. Phone: 778-792-3276
- Commercial/Hastings EWR: 1726 East Hastings Street. Phone: 236-877-6311
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