Posted: Mar 04, 2021 10:56 AM MT | Last Updated: March 4
The Tipinawâw temporary pandemic shelter is set to close at the end of the month, so the city approved a new plan for other shelter spaces over the next 6 months.(Trevor Wilson/CBC)
The temporary pandemic shelter Tipinawâw at the Edmonton Convention Centre on Jasper Avenue will remain open until the end of April, city council agreed unanimously at a meeting Thursday.
The extended operations will cost $2.2 million, an amount available in a COVID-19-specific fund set aside in the city's stabilization reserve. This is in addition to the $8 million the city invested in the shelter last fall.