Osborne House shelter denied funding

Women and children who are victims of domestic violence could be turned away from Winnipeg's largest shelter within days.

The city has rejected a request from Osborne House for $450,000.

Executive director Barbara Judt says the shelter can't carry on without the funding.

"I've had people ask, 'will you cut more staff?'  I can't cut more staff because we're working on a bare bones schedule as it is," she said.

"If I don't have the resources in place to provide for these clients, and the city doesn't want to offer any support on that, what else can I do?"

Judt said Osborne House will not close but it cannot continue to offer the same services to abused women and children.

She's searching for other ways to raise money for the shelter, which first opened its doors in 1974.

It is the second oldest women's shelter in Canada.