It’s all hands on deck at the Whistler Community Services Society’s (WCSS) cold weather shelter.
With overnight temperatures dropping below -10 in Whistler (and across much of the continent), for much of the last week, the WCSS initiated its Emergency Weather Response (EWR) and opened the doors of its 8000 Nesters Road facility for overnight stays.
Executive director of the WCSS, Jackie Dickinson, told Pique the facility reached capacity within an hour of opening on Thursday, Jan. 11, and reached capacity every night it’s been open since.
But nobody was being turned away, and Dickinson stressed they never will be….
Read the full article here: Whistler’s cold weather shelter expands capacity to meet demand