Vancouver opens more shelters as overnight temps drop

The City of Vancouver is urging people who are unhoused to use one of its shelter spaces as overnight temperatures are forecast to dip over the coming days.

The city says extra shelter spaces will be available to those in need from Tuesday night until Thursday amid the “extreme weather alert.”

Alerts are generally issued when temperatures are set to feel like or below 0°C through these nights.

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

The current forecast has temperatures at or near the freezing mark for the coming days around Vancouver.

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