You can’t catch a break at night, tossing and turning from over-heating. You can’t catch a break during the day, it’s too smoky to leave your house. But now you can beat the heat and skip the smoke because the City of Vancouver has opened up its cooling centres for anyone who needs some cold, somewhat fresh, air.
The air quality advisory is still in effect while wildfires are being contained but Vancouver’s Community Centres and libraries are now open for those who need to catch their breathe from all the smoke.
Here is a list of places to go if your lungs need a break:
Britannia Community Services Centre
Where: 1661 Napier Street
Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Phone: 604-718-5800
Evelyne Saller Centre
Where: 320 Alexander Street
Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Phone: 604-665-3075
Carnegie Community Centre
Where: 401 Main Street
Hours: Daily 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Phone: 604-665-2220
Gathering Place Community Centre
Where: 609 Helmcken Street
Hours: Daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Phone: 604-665-2391
Kerrisdale Community Centre
Where: 5851 W Boulevard
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 604-257-8100
Mount Pleasant Community Centre
Where: 1 Kingsway, Vancouver
Hours: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Phone: 604-257-3080
Hillcrest Centre
Where: 4575 Clancy Loranger Way
Hours: Daily 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Phone: 604-257-8680
Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre
Where: 920 E Hastings Street
Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
Phone: 604-257-6949
Roundhouse
Where: 181 Roundhouse Mews
Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 604-713-1800
West End Community Centre
Where: 870 Denman Street
Hours: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 604-257-8333
Air conditioned Libraries include:
• Central Branch
• Champlain Heights Branch
• Collingwood Branch
• Dunbar Branch
• Firehall Branch
• Fraserview Branch
• Mount Pleasant Branch
• Renfrew Branch
• South Hill Branch
• West Point Grey Branch
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