Gateway House in North Bay will get $1.2 million to provide people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, housing and support services.
The old OPP building on Chippewa St. will be converted into 16 units, providing housing for the chronically homeless in North Bay.
“The new Gateway House will help to give those who are at the greatest risk a place to call home, with the supports they need,” said Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing.
“We’d like to thank all those in our community who continue to work tirelessly in support of those who need our help the most,” added Fedeli.
“The DNSSAB is thrilled with this provincial announcement for the construction of 16 housing units with supports,” said Mark King, Chair of the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. “These provincial and DNSSAB partnerships and investments continue to build healthier communities for all."
The site is the former gravesite of Cloud II, a five-year-old German shepherd,
It is the only OPP dog ever killed in the line of duty. He was shot in 1975 when he was involved in the search for an escaped suspected murderer.
The dog was first buried at the former OPP district headquarters in North Bay.
However, his remains were exhumed, cremated, and relocated to the OPP Museum in Orillia.
The building has been vacant for a decade was put up for sale in Dec. 2018 and sold to a local private developer.
Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli says the 11,000 square foot building has cost close to $110,000 per year to maintain and has only been used sparingly for storage over the past 10 years.
