The Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre will be used as an emergency shelter space to improve social distancing for the city’s homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, the City of Peterborough announced the west-end facility will be used to provide more space in the existing emergency shelter network.
As a result, the Brock Mission and the overflow shelter bed program on Murray Street will be temporarily re-located to identified areas in the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre.
The city says Cameron House and the YES Shelter for Youth and Families may also use the centre as secondary shelter space. Up to 45 to 50 beds will be made available, but more can be added if necessary. “We are urging people in our community to