A city-run warming station that sheltered more than 1,000 people has closed with the city saying it’s not cold enough outside to keep it open.
It was being run out of the YMCA on Stanley Street in the Ville-Marie borough. Normally the city only opens the shelter as an emergency measure when the temperature dips to -27 degrees. The city did decide to open the Stanley Street location before it hit that mark, but then closed it on Thursday.
According to data obtained by CTV News, on the 12 nights it was opened in late December and early January an average of 108 people used the shelter. At its peak on the night of Jan. 6, 158 people used the service. A new shelter run by EMMIS in the Lucien-Saulnier building in Old Montreal remains open. At its peak on Dec. 26, 55 people stayed the night.
While the city …