Posted: Jun 03, 2021 11:03 AM CT | Last Updated: June 3
Picnic tables and portable toilets were set up in the parking lot next to Aspen Apartments on 51st Street after the temporary day shelter in downtown Yellowknife closed on Monday. (Sidney Cohen/CBC )
Some canopy tents and picnic tables in a parking lot.
This is how the Northwest Territories government is filling the gap after the temporary day shelter at Yellowknife s Mine Safety Building closed on Monday.
People can visit the encampment beside the vacant Aspen Apartments on 51st Street to grab a bite to eat, store their belongings, and use the portable toilets, but they can t nap comfortably or do laundry inside the building.
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