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B.C. Housing to reopen Victoria arena as emergency homeless shelter, but not until March The province of B.C. has signed a lease for the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre arena in Victoria to be used as temporary housing for the city’s homeless population, but the shelter won’t be open until the worst of winter weather has ended in March. Social Sharing Agency says lease starts on Feb. 1, but facility won't start operating until a month later Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:24 PM PT | Last Updated: January 28 The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria was first set up as an emergency response centr...

Save-on-Foods Memorial ­Centre will reopen in March as a ­temporary housing site with wrap-around supports for up to 45 people without homes. Attorney General David Eby announced the move . . .

Save-on-Foods Memorial ­Centre will reopen in March as a ­temporary housing site with wrap-around supports for up to 45 people without homes. Attorney General David Eby announced the move . . .

PHS Community Services Society will run the temporary shelter as it did from May to the end of September last year. People living outdoors will be given priority access to beds along with meals, washrooms, health care services, addictions treatment and harm-reduction supports. The lease runs from Feb. 1 to May 30, with options to extend it beyond the deadline. “The arena will play a key role in our plan to identify as many spaces as there are people currently in the encampments in Victoria,” Eby said in an interview. “A number of folks will be housed and supported at the arena as a...

He says most customers will save an average of 20 per cent or $400 a year and will also be eligible for a one-time refund. The new insurance model will limit the ability of those hurt in a crash to sue at-fault drivers or the auto insurer, squeezing legal costs out of the system and saving ICBC an estimated $1.5 billion. Liberal Opposition critic Mike Morris says B.C. drivers are not fooled by the new online tool, which illustrates supposed rate reductions in the future, while the insurance corporation is saving millions now as a result of the pandemic. Farnworth says the public will hear abo...