Siloam Mission in Winnipeg saw an increased demand for its shelter and pop-up warming centre over the mid-January weekend, thanks to a cold bout that hit Manitoba.
"The kinds of businesses here and the people who are here will change and evolve, just like any cool neighborhood in any city," said Osborne Village BIZ's new executive director.
"I find it a little bit funny that somebody that I didn't know, two generations back, could inspire the direction that my life could take," Perrun said.