By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Yellowknife Women’s Society says its shelter for women has been at or over capacity for 10 of the past 14 nights. Executive director Renee Sanderson said last week’s closure of an on-the-land camp outside the city for people experiencing homelessness had contributed to overcrowding in the society’s space. People living at the camp – which was open for 10 weeks – were transported back to Yellowknife on January 14, the Government of the Northwest Territories previously said in a press release. “When it’s cold out, we don’t want to send people out on the street and we try to work with them,” said Sanderson. “But I think it’s just too many people in a small building.” This led Sanderson to ask community…
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