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Emergency shelter opens in aquatic centre after 'unprecedented' makeover


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After an “unprecedented amount of work” to convert the downtown aquatic centre into a temporary emergency shelter in a matter of days, displaced homeless people began moving in on Thursday.
“This has been an incredible undertaking by all involved, and I want to congratulate everyone on the work done,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said of the quick reaction following COVID-19 outbreaks at the Downtown Mission and Salvation Army and a resulting order issued by the medical officer of health severely restricting the mission’s Victoria Avenue operation.
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Downtown Mission worrying about capacity under new stay-at-home order


 
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The mild weather this January is helping keep capacity concerns down at the Downtown Mission where hundreds of people pass through each day.
Since winter began, officials there say they ve been able to accommodate those less fortunate.
However, concerns are growing about daytime needs, with the new stay at home orders in effect at night.
“When you’re surviving on the street, the pandemic becomes less urgent to you. You know? Surviving today is more important than not catching Covid tomorrow. And I can’t be any blunter than that. It’s probably not how people want us to think about it but it s just reality,” said Downtown Mission Executive Director Ron Dunn who fears a covid-19 outbreak is imminent while those without a home navigate the stay-at-home order. ....

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