City to open three winter shelters

The city is opening three new shelters this winter, in order to keep itinerants properly distanced. They’re being characterized here as temporary, and one of them is described as “reserved for Inuit and Indigenous people.” The largest, at the old Royal Vic, is only for Canadian citizens without serious alcohol or drug problems – criteria that are too narrow according to the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et itinérantes de Montréal (RAPSIM).