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Officials looking at renovating and expanding homeless shelter after seeing an increase in clients

KAWARTHA LAKES-THE Coronavirus pandemic has shed a light on the limitations of the only homeless shelter in the City of Kawarth Lakes. Many of the residents had to be moved to area hotels to accommodate physical distancing requirements just as the need for housing increased. The new Interim Executive Director says the building needs a major renovation going forward and that it will actually save the City money. Pamela VanMeer reports.

 

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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