Inuvik scrambles to save homeless shelter

CBC News, Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Officials in Inuvik, N.W.T., are racing to save the local homeless shelter from closing next month, as well as help the northern town’s homeless find alternatives.

The homeless shelter, which has been run by the Nihtat Gwich’in Council, is slated to close on July 15 due to a funding shortage.

Mayor Denny Rodgers said the town is looking for a way to help the homeless, either with extra funding or with the existing $180,000 in funding the local shelter receives from the N.W.T. government each year.

“Is there a bare-bones program? Is there something we can do with that [$180,000] to at least provide nighttime shelter?” Rodgers told CBC News.

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