The vortex is about to descend
Doing a few errands in the neighbourhood, everyone was talking about the cold snap, getting in supplies for a few days. The city is putting up warming stations – the item says one opened “on Tuesday in the Ville-Marie borough and a second one will open on Thursday in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough” which is useless information as it stands, but I can’t find anything more precise in the news.
Hydro-Quebec expects record demands Friday and Saturday.
Clément 22:04 on 2023-02-02 Permalink
Apparently, they don’t want to make the locations of the extra sites public. They want the homeless population to go to their usual spots where, if full, they will be redirected to the temporary sites. In other words, make sure the existing resources are put to full use before using the additional resources.
At least, that’s the reason given here in Quebec City.
Kate 22:32 on 2023-02-02 Permalink
Hi Clément!
Yes, there was some indirect reference there: “Montreal police and members of the Équipe mobile de médiation en intervention sociale will be mobilized “to accompany people on the street to the appropriate shelter services,” according to the city.”