As only shelter in The Pas closes for repairs, homeless people ‘sleeping anywhere and everywhere’
Advocates wonder why long-needed repairs needed for Oscar's Place weren't done sooner
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This article was published 22/09/2021 (946 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Dozens of people in The Pas have been forced to sleep on the street after the only homeless shelter in the northern Manitoba town closed its doors for renovations earlier this month, leaving some wondering how Manitoba Housing allowed it to fall into such disrepair in the first place.
With nowhere else for people to sleep, the sudden closure of Oscar’s Place sent the local friendship centre scrambling to buy enough tents and sleeping bags so the town’s homeless wouldn’t freeze.
“You see these lost souls on the street with nothing,” said Dena Johnson, executive manager of The Pas Friendship Centre.
“They’re sleeping anywhere and everywhere.”
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