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The Gathering Place operates downtown and another space is eyed for across the river

The day centre, however, which provided space for the city’s homeless to congregate while accessing food, water and other services, remains shuttered. Hilke said it’s “much too soon to tell” when asked if they will endeavour to reopen the drop-in centre program at 405A Tranquille Rd. or another location. He noted that new day space being set up on nearby Campbell Avenue by a group of social agencies is only operational for the next four months after receiving the $38,000 in funding Th...

“We’re not serving, we are not putting out any tables,” McDonald said. “Glenn [Hilke] will decide what the next move is, but for right now our main goal, I think, is not to antagonize the city and to do what we can to get ready and hopefully open again.” McDonald said staff are also trying to cook or give away any perishable food they have in the building as they don’t know when they might reopen. “We’re not moving the furniture out [of the building], let’s put it that way,...

Image Credit: GOOGLE STREET VIEW December 18, 2020 - 4:24 PM A Kamloops homeless man has tested positive for COVID-19 and a drop-centre for the homeless has temporarily closed because of it. Glenn Hilke, organizer and facilitator of the Lived Experience Community-Life and Peer Skills Program which oversees The Loop, a drop-in homeless centre on Tranquille Road in Kamloops, says the man was volunteering at the centre last week before he tested positive for COVID-19. So far, CO...