Community programming will soon resume at the Heron Road Community Centre, nearly two years after the facility began serving as a shelter for the homeless, according to the local councillor.

On Friday, the last people staying there were transitioned to other shelters in the city, including the YMCA and the Queen Street transitional facility that opened last month, Alta Vista Coun. Marty Carr said.

"There was a place found for every single one of those residents in a more suitable location than a community centre," Carr told CBC on Saturday.

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"It's fantastic for the community and it's fantastic for unhoused individuals who no longer have to sleep in bunk beds in a gym."

Carr said the community centre will reopen "on a staggered

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