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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-12-16, Page 3SUPPORT PROGRAMS WORK WITH YOUR MONEY. Canadian Can= 71Jri Iy Scici R e canadicnric clLE cancer 8 939-3333 Office Hour for December Mondays — 9am-5pm Tuesdays — Closed Wednesdays — 9am-5pm Thursdays — 9am-5pm Fridays — 8am-4pm Wednesday, December 16, 2015 • Huron Expositor 3 Bluewater Youth Centre building could be used to house Syrian refugees Laura Broadley Postmedia Network A committee has pro- posed the idea that Syrian refugees could be housed in the Bluewater Youth Centre. Central Huron has sent a letter to the province in sup- port of the idea that Syrian refugees could be housed in the centre, which closed in 2012. Central Huron Mayor, Jim Ginn, said he was approached a few weeks ago by a group of community members about the idea. Ginn said there were "major" deficiencies in the building that would need to be repaired before anyone could be brought there. "There's no kitchen facili- ties right now and some washroom facilities have been taken out," Ginn said. There could also be prob- lems with the sewage system as there were issues with it before the building closed three years ago. The building is owned by Infrastructure Ontario and so it limits what Central Huron can do. Ginn said he assumes that with the large number of ref- ugees coming to the county the federal government might be still looking for places to house refugees temporarily. "Tweny-five thousand is a big number, even for a coun- try the size of Canada," Ginn said. If the government agreed to the proposal Ginn said it would get federal dollars into the building, which Central Huron doesn't have the money to fix. He said he is also looking at this from an economic development point of view because down the road the building could be used by the municipality for other things like senior housing. "The idea is, let's put our name out there. If they're looking for spots we think that would be a good use of that facility," Ginn said. Ginn said he hoped that if it did happen some of the people would stay in Huron County, which he noted is looking for ways to bring people to the area. At Huron County council, Ginn said he thought there was a less than 50 per cent chance it would happen. "That's my own opinion. There's a lot of things that have to fall into place for this to happen and most of it is out of our control," Ginn said. • • 4410 Office Closed December 24 & 25 December 31 & January 1 NGron Expositor 8 Main Street, Seaforth �J 519-527-0240 1 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com December Ped1.ne. 1 for the advertising and editorial departments. CLOSED DEC. 24 & 25 DEC. 31 & JAN. 1� PUBLISHING DATE DEADLINE Wednesday, December 23 Wednesday, December 30 Wednesday, January 6 Friday, December 18 at noon Wednesday, December 23 at 10am Wednesday, December 30 at 10am Nancy deGans Shaun Gregory Dianne McGrath MultiMedia Consultant MultiMedia Journalist Front Office NDeGans@postmedia.com shaun.gregory@sunmedia.ca seaforth.classifieds@sunmedia.ca Seaforth til11 Huron Expositor 8 Main Street, Seaforth 519-527-0240 I , rtit '71\ 1