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Author of the article: Randy Richmond Publishing date: Feb 09, 2021  •  February 9, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Andrew Lockie, left, of the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario, Sarah Campbell of Ark Aid Street Mission, Jacki Kostuk of the Y and Johnny Courey of Ark Aid are among those who have worked to set up emergency beds at the downtown London Y for homeless people when there is a extremely cold weather. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press) Article content Plunging temperatures and persistent homelessness have prompted the Ark Aid Street Mission and the YMCA to open up the Y’s ...

With one site full and no one leaving, the city of London and a coalition of agencies have opened a second winter homeless shelter on York Street.

  LONDON, ONT. -- London's new temporary pop-up shelters for the city's homeless near McMahen Park officially opened Wednesday night. Sarah Campbell, executive director of the Ark Aid Street Mission, says the word went out quickly. "Outreach workers around the city were able to approach people with a simple message, you've been selected to have a warm indoor space for tonight, how can we help you get there?” Campbell says 15 people used the trailers, and they were up to 17 early Thursday. Another 13 people have been named and are expected to use the shelters by end of the day. This ...

Author of the article: Megan Stacey Publishing date: Dec 22, 2020  •  December 22, 2020  •  3 minute read  •  Workers were busy Tuesday at the site of a new temporary homeless shelter being put together on Elizabeth Street in London. Four trailers have been subdivided into 30 rooms and three large trailers have been combined to make a common area. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) Article content In what’s being lauded as a “Christmas miracle,” London’s first pop-up shelter is expected to open Wednesday evening to house 30 people who have been living outside and hav...

Author of the article: Megan Stacey Publishing date: Dec 19, 2020  •  December 19, 2020  •  2 minute read  •  Mel Surgeson guides a truck delivering a trailer to 652 Elizabeth St., near Carling Heights Optimist community centre, in London Friday. The trailer, one of seven due by Saturday, will become part of a temporary city winter shelter complex for the homeless. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) Article content A trio of construction trailers arrived in a parking lot on Elizabeth Street Friday, the start of London’s $2.3-million emergency plan to keep homeless people s...