Overnight shelter moving to federal government building in Westboro
Barely a week after opening an emergency overflow shelter in Ottawa's Britannia neighbourhood, the city appears poised to move the facility to a disused federal government building closer to downtown.
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Barely a week after opening an emergency overflow shelter in Ottawa's Britannia neighbourhood, the city appears poised to move the facility to a disused federal government building closer to downtown.