Heated debate about shelter location hits Yellowknife city hall
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A debate about the location of a temporary day shelter in downtown Yellowknife hits city hall on Monday.
Councillors are set to discuss the territorial government's plans for 4709 Franklin Ave. at a governance and priorities committee meeting, two weeks after Health Minister Julie Green issued an open letter calling on Yellowknife to support the site.
Her plea prompted businesses and residents to write a flurry of letters of their own — many voicing frustration, and one calling for compassion.
Now, city politicians will try to find a path through the fervour as they consider a memo in the meeting's agenda that sheds more light on the territorial government's intent for the building, which was most recently used by Aurora Village.
If approved, the day shelter is expected to operate until Oct. 31, 2024 while the territory's health and social services department establishes a new, permanent day shelter and sobering centre on 51st Street, the memo said.
The shelter would be open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. every day, with a capacity for about 50 people inside. It would complement the existing day shelter and sobering centre on 50th Street.
The facility would offer its visitors food, entertainment, a washroom, and a safe place to rest and warm up, as well as "entry-level case management," said the memo. Staff would be trained on de-escalation tactics and trauma-informed approaches, and would also patrol the area and adjacent buildings hourly.
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