Shelters Stepping Up Efforts To Help Homeless

A man checks on a homeless person sleeping on a snow-covered sidewalk in downtown Montreal only a week after a man was found frozen to death in Viger Square last December. Photograph by: ROGERIO BARBOSA, GETTY IMAGES, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

Cold nights; Food depot facing increased demand.

At these temperatures, there's nothing "Ho ho ho!" about being homeless during the holiday season.

For the last several days, the daily highs and lows have been well below seasonal norms, and the nights have been bitterly cold.

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My Comment: And winter has been cold this year.