Inside a former Victoria 7-Eleven – where coolers of beverages once stood – kittens play, sleep and keep a curious eye on visitors to Harbour Veterinary Clinic.

They’re the current residents of adoption alley in the Bay Street space, a low-cost clinic where a fully scheduled day means lower costs for customers.

On the opposite side of the space, pet products, food and fundraising items for sale fill shelves. In the space between, a door leads to the back room where pets of all kinds await surgery, and other care courtesy of the clinic run by the charity Itty Bitty Kitty Committee.

The site opened this summer and has been hopping since, the charity’s president says.

As a rescue, the committee saw a lack of resources for spaying and neutering pets. In the beginning, they issued vouchers,

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