Stay cool in Vancouver Cooling Centres this summer

Dec 20 2017, 12:05 am

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

Image: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre/Facebook

Image: • Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre/Facebook

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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