At capacity: Montreal shelter turns people away, ‘1,000 spots missing’

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At capacity: Montreal shelter turns people away, ‘1,000 spots missing’

“If we didn’t have this place… we’d be out in the cold,” said David Levine, who eats lunch daily at the PAS de la rue day shelter in Montreal. It serves people over 55 and has reached capacity, turning 40 people away recently. Erin Seize reports.

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