Lighthouse offers warmth during frigid days
Frontline workers in the Battlefords will transport those on the street to the local shelter if it is too cold, but according to the manager, the shelter isn’t just for the homeless.
In a meeting yesterday, the Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords’ shelter staff, along with RCMP and the Fire Department, agreed when temperatures drop to minus 32 degrees or colder for more than two hours, frontline workers should transport those on the street to the shelter.
According to shelter manager, Shylo Bolig, not only will the RCMP transport people even if it is colder than minus 32 degrees, but a person doesn’t have to be homeless to use the facilities.
“If they are just coming through and they are just stuck at the moment and they need to come in and warm-up, the coffee maker is always on,” Bolig said. “If someone needs to make a phone call for a ride because maybe they were out a Christmas party, they are by all means welcome to do that here.”