(Spencer Platt/Getty Images - image credit)As cold, wet weather hits most parts of British Columbia, some elected officials are calling for the provincial government to keep extreme weather shelters open year-round. have been struggling to find cold weather shelters this year. On Vancouver Island, the Comox Regional District issued an urgent call to help find an extreme weather shelter for the winter. Green Party says it would be more efficient to offer extreme weather shelters year-round rather than force groups to scramble to open them when the weather shifts. You need to build affordable housing and rental stock, but you also need shelters when you have extreme weather."

Source: CBC News November 07, 2023 05:00 UTC