Penticton Safety and Security Advisory Committee continues to discuss and disagree on how to plan for shelters, supportive housing - Penticton News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca) March 16, 2021 - 3:53 PM Penticton city council weighed in on B.C. Housing’s request for reconsideration of council s decision to close the emergency winter shelter at a former church today. Councillor Katie Robinson made a motion this afternoon, March 16, to receive the B.C. Housing correspondence and deny the request to allow the winter shelter at 352 Winnipeg St. to continue for another year. “We have a duty to all our citizens. These wrap around services we were promised continue to be non-existent,” Robinson said, adding emergency services personnel were starting to buckle under all this pressure.”
Provincial housing minister disappointed with Penticton council; will override decision to shutter emergency shelter - Penticton News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Council votes to deny extension for Winnipeg Street shelter for another year - Penticton News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.