Warming centres remain available in Toronto amidst extreme cold, city says – Toronto | 24CA News
The City of Toronto’s warming centres are open, with these positioned within the downtown working at capability in a single day, as a chilly snap grips the world.
In an announcement, the town stated its emergency homelessness techniques had been instructed to not flip anybody away from shelters or warming centres through the excessive chilly.
Warming centres will stay open 24 hours a day, the town stated.
On Friday night time, in response to the chilly climate, Toronto added 430 areas to the shelter system. The metropolis stated that got here on prime of the 9,000 areas already out there.
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Warming centres in downtown Toronto and at Mitchell Field Community Centre had been at capability, the town stated. Spaces on the Scarborough Civic Centre had been out there.
“Anyone that showed up to a Warming Centre that was full was welcomed inside while staff worked to refer them and provide transportation to one of the City’s temporary contingency spaces at shelter sites across the city,” the town stated.
“As of 4 a.m., the temporary contingency spaces were not full and there remained space in the shelter system.”
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