The pods opened a little more than a month ago and since then, the pods have been used about 100 times. Edson Mayor Kevin Zahara said it's a secure way to give people a place to stay. Erica Snook-Pennings, a program manager with the Edson Friendship Centre Housing Plus Program, is one of four volunteers who monitors the shelter pod phone. A local effortEdson town council committed $64,000 to the pod shelter project. A number of organizations donated money and local companies did the electrical, heating and flooring work, Zahara said.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2021 14:26 UTC