Campbell River’s Warming Centre has provided respite from the cold temperatures for up to 70 people between Jan. 10 and 18.
The centre, located in the city’s Community Centre, welcomed between 20 and 70 people per night, City Manager Elle Brovold said.
“Obviously, the nights when it’s been really cold, we got up to 70 that night, the one night it was like minus eight,” Brovold said, “and then the other nights, when it hasn’t been as cold, we’ve seen about 20 people and that’s unique visitors; so, whether they come in right when we open and kind of stay for the whole time or whether they pop in at three o’clock just to get some soup and warm up and then...