Saskatoon city council votes in favour of new downtown temporary emergency shelter

Roughly seven hours after the council meeting began, and after a day of speakers, questions, presentations and debate, the motion was passed 7-4.

After evaluating dozens of potential sites for a proposed temporary emergency shelter, the recommended location ultimately came down to one simple question, city manager Jeff Jorgenson says.

“Where is there a building that would work?” he said on Wednesday at city hall, where councillors were tasked with voting on whether or not to move forward with using the former Saskatchewan Transportation Company parcel depot at 210 Pacific Avenue as the site of a new, temporary emergency shelter.