To meet the growing demand, a temporary shelter is opening tonight at the Memorial Arena with another 50 beds in addition to the 110 that are currently occupied.
City of Kamloops social development supervisor Ty Helgason said the curling club, which has been closed this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rented to BC Housing, has been equipped with 50 shelter beds. The shelter replaces a space operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association, located at 185 Royal Ave. in North Kamloops, which was set up at the onset of the pandemic with 35 beds in partnership with BC Housing. The net bed gain is an additional 15 beds. Mustard Seed Kamloops and the Emerald Centre lost shelter beds during the pandemic, due to spacing requirements in place to prevent spread of the virus.
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Heather Cameron wasn t born when the Phoenix Centre opened its detox doors in 1973.
She came into the world nine years later, but by the time she was a teenager, she needed the Phoenix Centre.
Crack was her drug of choice and it put her through the centre for detox at least four times - as a teen, as an adult and as a pregnant woman.
Now she s 31, six years clean and sober, the mother of two girls and in her second year of nursing at Thompson Rivers University.
Her addiction plunged her into the sex trade and a lifestyle that saw her threatened with losing her children, although she never did.
KAMLOOPS Christmas dinner for everyone will look a little different this year. Whether you’re having your turkey dinner Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, it’ll be just the household eating together.
For the homeless, this Christmas will be different as well with fewer gatherings. With limited numbers, the dining hall at The Mustard Seed Kamloops will be home to a pair of dinners during Christmas. Christmas Eve will feature the traditional turkey dinner, courtesy of ASK Wellness, while pizza will be served on Christmas Day.
“We’re keeping it very subtle due to the pandemic and the restrictions. We’re really trying our best,” said basic services manager Sally Martin. “We will continue business as usual. We will be serving meals, but we will do the regular tradition of turkey for Christmas today.”