CMHA, city looking into second winter shelter with overcrowding
KAMLOOPS — Since the beginning of November, when the winter shelter opened up at the old Stuart Wood Elementary, there have been health and safety concerns.
While new security measures are helping to clean that up, new concerns are arising over numbers, overcrowding at the shelter that has the city and the Canadian Mental Health Association looking for another site.
“We’ve been pretty darn full,” said Mullaly. “We’ve maxed out at 52 individuals coming in to stay overnight with us. 52 mats is the maximum we’re allowed in this particular building, and last night we had 52, plus we had an additional eight folks come in that we didn’t have mats for.”