The charity that runs a Nanaimo, B.C., community soup kitchen has been locked out by its landlord over rent arrears — despite it having receipts it says shows the rent has been paid.
The Stone Soup kitchen, which is run by the Wisteria Community Association in the Vancouver Island city, is located on the city’s Fitzwilliam Street in the Old Quarter and says it serves almost 200 people.
The operator of the soup kitchen say at least $50,000 worth of food and materials were locked away by its property management company, NAI Commercial, on Oct. 18, and it’s scrambling to set up alternatives as the weather gets colder.
Wisteria said it was just a week away from opening up their new dining room, which would allow those on the streets a place to warm up overnight, something it said it was told to do by NAI as a requirement to …