A Vancouver Island cemetery has become an unlikely campsite, as the province’s COVID-19 crisis hits the local homeless population.
About 18 people have set up tents in the graveyard between Parskville’s St. Anne’s and St. Edmund’s churches. Rev. Christine Muise said the unusual arrangement came about mid-March when homeless advocates realized a temporary shelter in St.
Anne’s was no longer safe during the pandemic. Muise said temporary housing was arranged in several local motels, but only for a month.
The clock on that arrangement ran down this week. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “We’re hopeful that a more permanent solution for this COVID emergency will unfold,” she said.