Summerside City News Today

The capital and operating budgets were presented to Summerside council on Tuesday. The city will hold the line on property taxes, but residents will see water and sewer rate increases.

The City of Summerside is allowing restricted use for a parcel of land for at 25 Frank Mellish Dr. for a 10-bed emergency shelter, but the province is not being given a carte blanche.

Nearly a week after tents were removed and tarps taken down from encampments in Summerside, city officials and locals facing homelessness are renewing calls for a 24-hour low-barrier shelter in the area.