Posted: Dec 24, 2020 5:02 AM CT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Muaz Hassan, owner of the Unity Store, walks toward the new warming shelter in Fort Simpson, just hours before opening for the first time. (Hannah Paulson/CBC News)
The temperature rests below -30C as Muaz Hassan walks toward the former Unity Store in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., that s been turned into a warming shelter.
It s Friday afternoon, just hours before the shelter opens its doors for the first time.
Hassan has been leading the charge in getting the the shelter ready in his store s previous location, in a building that he owns.