The municipal planning commission has approved a permit application to allow a daytime homeless shelter to operate in a storefront on N. Railway Street, which was formerly the Mustard Seed and Champions Centre. The permit is good until the end of September. NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT
A daytime homeless shelter will be allowed to set up on N. Railway Street storefront after Medicine Hat’s municipal planning commission was presented Wednesday with a plan to mitigate concerns brought up by neighbouring business
That includes a staffing plan, a security guard for at least the first month of operation, an outline of capacity limits and a communications plan with neighbours and police, who say they’ll put a focus on the area.
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Council will push province for regional COVID approach
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Medicine Hat city council will request the province take a regional approach that they say could mean local pandemic restrictions lifted sooner.
Council approved sending a letter requesting the change from a province-wide view with a 9-0 count, though as many as four said they hope it at least would “start a dialogue” about why or why not.
Coun. Darren Hirsch raised the issue through a notice of motion, stating that Medicine Hat’s active case number – 16 on Monday – is below the point when stricter rules were implemented in early December.