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The province has earmarked $350,000 for a 24-hour warming shelter. The new warming shelter was supposed to open soon — but the selected location was met with pushback from business owners and ultimately turned down by the city's planning commission on Nov. 1.
For nearly a year, as the WFPS's sole community liaison dedicated to encampments, Steven Antle still regularly meets people who are newly experiencing homelessness.
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People who don't have a place to stay in Brandon are stocking up on tarps, tents and blankets or desperately searching for a couch in the hopes of having somewhere warm to spend the night if the city's only overnight shelter is full.
Brandon's Ask Auntie Blue Door Project, a daytime shelter that initially opened a year ago as a warm place for people to hang out during the day, is now adapting to meet the growing needs of a community in what advocates say is a housing crisis.