Unhoused Montrealers seeking shelter in hospitals as temperatures drop

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Unhoused Montrealers seeking shelter in hospitals as temperatures drop

“It’s miserably cold out there and […] you gotta have somewhere to go,” said Jon Egilsson, an unhoused Montrealer, who sought shelter at a hospital emergency room when he didn’t have anywhere else to go. Erin Seize reports.

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